• Direct Dial Overview • Direct-Dial Configuration • Dialing the Niagara Host • Disconnecting from the Host Direct Dial Overview Direct-dial access varies from the more typical network (LAN) connection because you must first establish a dial-up network (modem) connection before you can access station data. In this case, the effective network size for this connection is two (2), your client PC and the remote server host, a Web Supervisor or a JACE controller. The phone connection between these two points must be maintained during your access. Direct-dial access is also much slower than access through a LANK versus MB or MB, which means graphics and other pages take a lot longer to display. Direct-dial access also differs from dial-up access through an ISP (Internet Service Provider, because when you dial and connect to the Internet this way, your (client) PC can access most any server host that has a public or Internet IP address. However, because of limitations of your modem (56Kbps maximum, this access is also slow.
Niagara Release 2.3 Revised: August 15, 2002 Niagara Browser Access Guide Appendix C Direct-Dial Access Direct-Dial Configuration