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Chapter 4 Telecommuting
Table 4-3. Edit Dial-in User Menu Fields (continued)
Field Description Option
Rem CLID If you have enabled the CLID Authen field in Menu 13, then you need to
specify the telephone number from which this Remote Dial-in User calls. Your
Prestige will check this number against the CLID in the incoming call. If they
do not match and the CLID Authen is Required, then your Prestige will reject
the call.
Idle Time-
out
Enter the idle time (in seconds). This time-out determines how long the dial-in
user can be idle before your Prestige disconnects the call.
Idle time is defined as the period of time where there is no data traffic between
the dial-in user and your Prestige. The default is 300 seconds (5 minutes).
Default=300
seconds
Once you have completed filling in Menu 14.1 - Edit Dial-in User, press [Enter] at the message [Press
ENTER to Confirm…] to save your selections, or press [Esc] at any time to cancel your selections.
4.5 More on CLID
CLID allows your Prestige to authenticate the caller before a call is answered, thus saving the cost
of a connection. Your Prestige uses the caller ID in call setup message to match against the CLID
in the database.
Note on CLID and Modems
For your Prestige to use the CLID authentication, it is necessary that your modem also support
caller CLID.
Besides authentication, another application of CLID is to combine it with callback. For instance,
your company pays for the connection charges for telecommuting employees and you use your
Prestige as the dial in server. You can turn on both the CLID authentication and call back options
for the dial-in users. By doing so, all usage are charged to the company instead of the employees,
and your accounting department can avoid the hassles of accountability and reimbursement.