Before You Begin

POP information specifies how Connection Manager establishes a connection and how access numbers are displayed to the user. For example, when you use the administration tool to indicate a POP surcharge, Connection Manager displays the POP in the "More access" pane instead of the main "Access" pane. This feature can be used to differentiate automatically between remote-access numbers for corporate private networks and secure connections.

To create a POP entry that works with your access-number network configuration, you will need to answer the following questions:

In which country does the POP exist? (The list of countries provided by the administration tool associates the needed Telephony Applications Program Interface (TAPI) country code with the POP so that when the access string is created the correct country code is attached to the area code and access number.)
Does your POP belong to a region?
What name will you give the POP?
What is the area code for the access number?
What is the access number?
What POP settings will you require?
What special Dial-Up Networking settings will you need? The Connection Manager Administration Kit must use the same entry name.
What is the minimum baud for the POP?
What is the maximum baud for the POP?
What is the POP status: In Service or Not In Service? (Only in-service POPs are used in creating phone book files).