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was switched to a secondary line, or vice versa (it was switched back to the
primary line). For details, refer to chapter 5.2.
• License expiration — expiration date for the corresponding WinRoute li-
cense/subscription (or license of any module integrated in WinRoute, such as
ISS OrangeWeb Filter, the McAfee antivirus, etc.) is getting closer. The WinRoute
administrator should check the expiration dates and prolong a corresponding
license or subscription (for details, refer to chapter 4).
• Dial / Hang-up of RAS line WinRoute is dialing or hanging-up a RAS line (see
chapter 5.1). The alert message provides detailed information on this event: line
name, reason of the dialing, username and IP address of the host from which
the request was sent.
Action
Method of how the user will be informed:
• Send email — information will be sent by an email message,
• Send SMS (shortened email) — short text message will be sent to the user’s cell
phone.
Note: SMS messages are also sent as email. User of the corresponding cell phone
must use an appropriate email address (e.g. number@provider.com). Sending
of SMS to telephone numbers (for example via GSM gateways connected to the
WinRoute host) is not supported.
To
Email address of the recipient or of his/her cell phone (related to the Action set-
tings).
Recipients can be selected from the list of users (email addresses) used for other
alerts or new email addresses can be added by hand.
Valid at time interval
Select a time interval in which the alert will be sent. Click Edit to edit the interval
or to create a new one (details in chapter 12.2).
Alert Templates
Formats of alert messages (email or/and SMS) are defined by templates. Individual for-
mats can be viewed in the Status → Alerts section of the Administration Console. Tem-
plates are predefined messages which include certain information (e.g. username, IP ad-
dress, number of connections, virus information, etc.) defined through specific variables.
WinRoute substitutes variables by corresponding values automatically. The WinRoute ad-
ministrator can customize these templates.