Least Cost Routing - Edit Link
Link description
Enter an informative description of the link, 'New York server' for example.
General tab Remote server ID
Enter the identity of the remote server to link to. This must be identical to the remote server's Local ID , defined in the remote server's General settings, and must contain letters and numbers only, without spaces. This field can only be changed for new links, so it is important that this ID is typed correctly when a new link is configured. If you need to change this field later, you must return to the Links window, and Copy the link. This will create a new link with all the original settings except the remote server ID. Type the corrected ID, then Delete the original link.
Link password
Enter a password for encryption of all transactions on the link. It is vital that the same password is entered at both ends of the link, otherwise communication will not be possible.
This field will itself be encrypted when the dialog is closed.
If this field is left blank, transactions over the link will not be encrypted. Submit messages to remote server for it to send
Check this box to allow your server to submit faxes to the remote server for sending. If the box is left unchecked, the link may only be used for the remote server to submit faxes to your server.
Accept messages from remote server for sending locally
Check this box if you want your server to process fax submissions from the remote server.
If either the Submit messages.. or the Accept messages.. box is left unchecked, care must be taken to ensure that the complementary box is also unchecked at the remote server so that the settings are compatible. For example, configuring both servers to allow sending but not receiving will result in a deadlock where no faxes are sent over the link in either direction. Zetafax user account to use for submitting messages locally
If the link is configured to process incoming messages a Zetafax user account must be specified. This account will be used to send faxes submitted to the local server by the remote server. You may wish to set up a new Zetafax user for each link, or to use a single account for all links. In either case, a new account can be set up now by selecting (new) from the top of the list of available Zetafax accounts. When you close the dialog, or attempt to move to a different tab, you will be prompted to enter some more information about the new account (see Adding a new user). Start link in SHUTDOWN state (new links only)
New links will normally be started up as soon as the setup is finished. Check this box to set up a new link, but leave it shut down initially. The link can then be opened later from the Zetafax server program.
Reinitialize link (existing links only)
Select this option to reinitialize the link when the Links dialog is closed.
Communications tab Link type
Select the method of communication for the link: WAN, Email (fast) for standard email systems, or Internet mail for slower or less reliable email systems.
Remote server's WAN Inbox (WAN links)
Enter the path of the remote server's Inbox on the network, as set up in the remote server's General settings . You may enter the path either as a Universal name (UNC) (e.g. \\Server_name\Folder\WANInbox), or you can enter a network drive mapping (e.g. K:\Folder\WANInbox), which Zetafax will convert. Click '... ' to browse for a folder.
Email address
This can either be a name from the email system's address book, or a standard SMTP type address of the form @.com. For other types of address please include the appropriate prefix (e.g. SMTP:).
Maximum link delay
For both WAN and email links, Zetafax requires some information about the speed of transmission of messages over the link for LCR to work effectively. This should be an estimate of the maximum length of time it should take a message to pass from one server to the other. A default value, which depends on the type of link configured, will be suggested.
Test
This function tests communication over the link, and reports the outcome.
For WAN links it ensures that the WAN Inbox folder can be found, and that the server has the necessary access privileges to copy files to the folder.
For email links Zetafax will attempt to log into the email account that was set up in General settings, and send a test message to the address of the remote server. Zetafax will report any problems logging in or attempting to send the message, but you must also check the email account itself to make sure that the message wasn't bounced back at a later stage because the address could not be found, for example.
Priority tab Messages submitted to remote server for sending
Maximum message priority
Select the maximum priority of faxes to be sent via this link. Higher priority faxes will not be sent over this link. Messages received from remote server for sending locally
Maximum message priority
Select the maximum priority of faxes to accept from the remote server over this link.
Action on higher priority messages
Choose what to do for higher priority messages submitted over the link. Select Reject to reject the message, or Reduce priority to process the message with a reduced priority.
Watchdog tab
The link watchdog sends regular check messages to the remote server so that the remote server can monitor the integrity of the link.
If an expected check message is not received, the remote server will assume that the link has failed, will route faxes elsewhere immediately.
Using the watchdog on unreliable links is not recommended, since the link may be closed unnecessarily (although it will restart automatically as soon as messages are received again).
Enable link watchdog
Check this box to start the link watchdog.
Watchdog message frequency
This is effectively the maximum amount of time that the link can be offline for (e.g. if you need to shut down the Zetafax server to reboot the machine) before it is failed by the remote server. A default value of 15 minutes is suggested.
The remote server must also be running the Link watchdog if the link integrity is to be monitored from your server.
<< Previous link
Save the settings for this link, and edit the settings for the previous link in the list.
Next link >>
Save the settings for this link, and edit the settings for the next link in the list.
OK
Save the settings for this link, and close the Edit link dialog.
Cancel
Lose all changes to the settings for the link, and close the Edit link dialog.
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