User's Manual

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18 September 2007
SYSTEM DESCRIPTION, INSTALLATION, AND MAINTENANCE MANUAL
eNfusion™ HSD-128 High-speed Data Terminal
13. Click the PPPoE tab.
The
PPPoE property sheet appears.
14. In the AC-Name text box (Access Concentrator Name), type the name of the
Access Concentrator used by the PPPoE client to differentiate between multiple
PPPoE devices.
Note: The “AC-Name” is the “name of the HSD unit’s Data I/O card” that is used
to direct PPPoE communications to a specific Data I/O card of an HSD
installed on a Local Area Network. When configuring Multi-Channel HSD
systems, use the naming convention described in Table 2–7.
The AC-Name is used to identify the Data I/O cards of HSD and HSD-X
units installed on a Local Area Network. If the
AC-Name text box is left
blank, all of the installed HSD/HSD-X units will respond to a PC’s request
for a connection. With each unit specifically identified by a unique
AC-Name, connections are managed through the controlled distribution
of connection requests.
Using the AC-Name to identify each unit’s Data I/O card is particularly
useful in the following reasons:
• To direct communication traffic to a specific unit to leave the other units
installed on the network free to handle different service types. For
example, direct all MPDS traffic to a specific HSD-X unit so that the
HSD transceiver channels are available for ISDN data or voice calls.
• To specify the distribution of connections using the
AC-Name, so that
the connection requests are managed effectively to ensure faster and
more efficient connection start ups.
• In Multi-Channel HSD networks, to direct connection requests using
the
AC-Name identifier manages call requests so that multiple
connection requests (from different computers on the network) are not
sent simultaneously to the same unit, which could lead to call failure.