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Multi-Media Site: Connection Configuration
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Area Code: Irregular Use
Fig. 3–4. Irregular Use of Area Codes.
Irregular use of area codes occurs when making:
• A long distance call within one area code.
• A local call to another area code.
You can easily deal with these scenarios (see figure
3–4, above) by using Admin to modify or add
another dial-up connection. If a prefix number is needed to access an outside line, set the prefix—
the extra telephone keystroke such as a “9” or an “8”—in Window's Telephony program.
To Force a Long-distance Dial-up Using a Local Area Code
1. In the “Connections to the Site” pane of the Add Site / Update Site dialog box (as in
Naming / Renaming a Site), click either:
, to add a connection. The Add Connection dialog box appears.
- or -
, to update a connection. The Update Connection dialog box appears.
2. Click Use Dial-up Networking as needed.
3. In the Connection Name box, you have the option of appending a few words such as
“force long distance call”. It makes sense to do so, to avoid confusing operators of View.
4. In the Phone Number box, type the telephone number needed to reach the unit,
including country and long distance codes.
5. Leave the Country Code and Area Code (City Code) boxes empty. Steps 4 and 5 fool
Windows’ Dial-up Networking into making a local call across different area codes. Click
Save and Close. An “Add Site / Update Site” window is displayed.
6. Click Close. The Sites tab appears In the tab’s Primary Connection column, the first
letter of “dial-up” appears in parentheses: (d), followed by the telephone number used to
connect to the Multi-Media unit.