ZyXEL Communications 5 Series User Manual

Chapter 36 WAN and Dial Backup Setup

ZyWALL 5/35/70 Series User’s Guide

The following table describes the fields in this menu.

Table 219   Menu 11.3: Remote Node Profile (Backup ISP)

Rem Node 
Name

Enter a descriptive name for the remote node. This field can be up to eight 
characters. 

Active

Press [SPACE BAR] and then [ENTER] to select Yes to enable the remote node or 
No to disable the remote node.

Outgoing

My Login

Enter the login name assigned by your ISP for this remote node. 

My Password

Enter the password assigned by your ISP for this remote node.

Retype to 
Confirm

Enter your password again to make sure that you have entered is correctly.

Authen

This field sets the authentication protocol used for outgoing calls.
Options for this field are:
CHAP/PAP - Your ZyWALL will accept either CHAP or PAP when requested by this 
remote node. 
CHAP - accept CHAP only. 
PAP - accept PAP only. 

Pri Phone #
Sec Phone #

Enter the first (primary) phone number from the ISP for this remote node. If the 
Primary Phone number is busy or does not answer, your ZyWALL dials the 
Secondary Phone number if available. Some areas require dialing the pound sign # 
before the phone number for local calls. Include a # symbol at the beginning of the 
phone numbers as required. 

Edit IP

This field leads to a “hidden” menu. Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press 
[ENTER] to go to Menu 11.3.2 - Remote Node Network Layer Options. See 

for more information.

Edit Script 
Options

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press [ENTER] to edit the AT script for the 
dial backup remote node (Menu 11.3.3 - Remote Node Script). See

for more information.

Telco Option

Allocated 
Budget

Enter the maximum number of minutes that this remote node may be called within 
the time period configured in the Period field. The default for this field is 0 meaning 
there is no budget control and no time limit for accessing this remote node. 

Period(hr)

Enter the time period (in hours) for how often the budget should be reset. For 
example, to allow calls to this remote node for a maximum of 10 minutes every hour, 
set the Allocated Budget to 10 (minutes) and the Period to 1 (hour).

Schedules

You can apply up to four schedule sets here. For more details please refer to 

Always On

Press [SPACE BAR] to select Yes to set this connection to be on all the time, 
regardless of whether or not there is any traffic. Select No to have this connection act 
as a dial-up connection. 

Session 
Options

Edit Filter sets

This field leads to another “hidden” menu. Use [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press 
[ENTER] to open menu 11.3.4 to edit the filter sets. See 

 

for more details.

Idle Timeout

Enter the number of seconds of idle time (when there is no traffic from the ZyWALL to 
the remote node) that can elapse before the ZyWALL automatically disconnects the 
PPP connection. This option only applies when the ZyWALL initiates the call.

Once you have configured this menu, press [ENTER] at the message “Press ENTER to Confirm...” to 
save your configuration, or press [ESC] at any time to cancel.