Modem Dial Back for ACS
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APM Installation, Configuration, and User’s Guide
Modem Dial Back for ACS
The dial back feature, which is configurable from the web interface, is
designed to enable the AlterPath Manager to automatically dial to a remote
ACS unit should the network fail, and enable the ACS to dial back the
connection.
Required CLI configuration
This dial back feature is configured mostly from the web interface (Admin
Mode, Devices > Dial Up). There are, however, three parameters that you
must configure from the CLI:
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From the ACS, create a user by using the Linux command and syntax:
#
adduser <ppp_user>
Note:
This must be the same PPP user configured in the AlterPath Manager
“Dial Up” form.
•
Also from the ACS, set the password for the ppp_user in the ACS using
the command and syntax:
#
passwd <ppp_user>
Note:
This must be the same PPP password configured in the AlterPath
Manager “Dial Up” form.
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From the AlterPath Manager, go to “/var/apm/apm.properties” file and
add the APM phone number in the parameter:
“dial.apm_phone_number=<phone number>”
Note:
The AlterPath Manager allows only one phone number for this
parameter so that there is a hunt group configured to point to only one phone
number.
Optional CLI Configuration
The following parameters (with examples) are OPTIONAL:
From the AlterPath Manager, edit the file: “/var/apm/apm.properties” to:
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Define the PPP idle timeout (in seconds).
ppp.idle=600
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