RE: (PM) Another Q on PM3

Chen Shiyuan (csy@hjc.edu.sg)
Fri, 30 Jan 1998 02:01:05 +0800 (SGT)

On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Chad Scott wrote:

> On Thursday, January 29, 1998 11:42 AM, Chen Shiyuan [SMTP:csy@hjc.edu.sg]
> wrote:
> > I would like to be able to "reserve" the last two ports on my PM3 for
> > "special" users such that in the event that all the modems is used up,
> > these users will still be able to dialin.
> >
> > Is there any simple way to do it? I think one way would be to use RADIUS
> > to control who can login to the last two ports. But is there any other
> > simple way? I know by doing so, some other problems may crop up such as
> > normal users getting login incorrects and so on when the modem pool is
> > full or some ineffcient use of the modem pool when the special users are
> > using some other ports.
>
> Have the telephone company put all the channels except the last two in the
> hunt group. Give the last two channels their own phone numbers and give
> those numbers out to your special users.

Hmmm... how about authentication wise? If I want to be doubly sure that
only authorised accounts can login?

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