Configuring C-DCC for Dial-up Connection
To use LTE cellular interfaces to connect to an LTE network, you must configure circular dial control center (C-DCC) for dial-up connection.
Context
Based on different triggering mode, the LTE link dial-up mode can be classified into the following types:
Automatic dial-up (permanently online)
The DCC attempts to dial the PGW immediately after the device starts. The dialing process does not need to be triggered by data packets. If a connection cannot be established with the PGW, the DCC retries at an interval.
This mode applies to the scenarios in which users are not charged based on traffic or time. For example, if a yearly-package service is used, users are not charged based on link traffic or time within the service duration.
Dial-on-demand (not permanently online; link establishment triggered by traffic)
The device triggers link establishment only when data needs to be transferred. When the time during which no traffic is transmitted on the link exceeds the timeout duration, the device disconnects the link to reduce traffic volume.
This mode applies to the scenarios in which users are charged based on traffic or time. For example, if a traffic-package service is used, users are allowed to use certain traffic within the service duration.
- PPP dial-up: In this mode, PPP is used as the link-layer protocol and the LTE link obtains an IP address through PPP negotiation (configured using the ip address ppp-negotiate command).
- WWAN dial-up: In this mode, WWAN is used as the link-layer protocol and the LTE link dynamically obtains an IP address (configured using the ip address negotiate command).
Pre-configuration Tasks
Before configuring C-DCC for dial-up connection, complete the following tasks:
- Setting connection parameters of LTE cellular interfaces
- Obtaining dialer numbers from the carrier
Procedure
- Configure a dialer control list.
This configuration is required for dial-on-demand.
- Enable C-DCC.
- Obtain IP addresses.
Run ip address negotiate
The LTE cellular interfaces or LTE channel interfaces are configured to dynamically obtain IP addresses.
- Run dialer number dial-number [ autodial ]
A dialer number is configured.
You can obtain the dialer number from the carrier.
The autodial parameter indicates the automatic dial-up mode. By default, the automatic dial-up interval is 300 seconds. You can run the dialer timer autodial command to set the automatic dial-up interval. If the autodial parameter is not specified in the command, the dial-on-demand mode is used.
- Run quit
Return to the system view.
- Run ip route-static 0.0.0.0 0 { nexthop-address | interface-type interface-number } [ preference preference ]
A default route is configured.