Interphase Tech RAS Communications Controller 5536 - Manual (Page 27)

Chapter 1: Introduction
5536 PRI RAS Communications Controller Users Guide 7
RAS Management Tool
The Virtual Motion
 Remote Access Manager Suite, by
Acotec
, is bundled with the software package. The Remote
Access Manager Suite includes a set of resource management,
access control, and usage accounting tools to help network
administrators and Internet Service Providers manage
Microsoft Windows NT dial-up RAS servers.
The Remote Access Manager Suite is a client/server
application with three components: an administrator program,
a RAS port manager program, and a RAS port monitoring
program. You can select to install the Remote Access Manager
components on a RAS server machine when you install a RAS
support driver.
The Remote Access Manager Suite provides the following
capabilities:
• RAS Login Control prevents multiple users from
logging in with the same dial-up account and limits the
multi-link RAS connections remote users can establish.
• RAS Port Access Control grants specified user groups
access to particular communications ports.
• Port Session Control sets maximum idle and session
connect times for RAS server communications ports.
• Port Resource Management limits the connect time
allotted to users over a specified time interval.
• Static IP Address Port Assignment associates a static IP
address with a specific RAS communications port.
• RASView provides real-time monitoring of RAS ports
and provides alerts for defined RAS server events.
• RAS usage accounting, reporting, and event logging
functions detail users RAS sessions.