macmillan%wnre.aecl.cdn%ubc.CSNET@RELAY.CS.NET (John MacMillan) (12/02/86)
We have a class on a PACX switch dedicated to a dial-out modem. It works well, but lacks accounting. ie. at the end of month, we get a bill but cannot tell who made the calls. To prevent/cut down abuse, the line can be restricted. That doesn't solve the problem though. The access class can still become public knowledge. Of course, you could always play musical chairs with the class #, but that just adds more work to an already overworked Network Technologist. Ideally, a person would have to identify his/her self before getting access to the modem. Does anyone have a program or procedure that does this? ie. that both grants and logs access to a line used to dial-out? The line would be used to access remote vaxes and non-vaxes. One application is to Kermit files from a remote machine. Someone once said that $ set host/dte number could only be used 1) to communicate to another VAX 2) with DEC modems only I thought that neither applied. What is the truth? Thanks.. John MacMillan Atomic Energy of Canada Whiteshell Nuclear Research Establishment Pinawa, MB, Canada R0E 1L0 (204) 753-2311 x2539