If no dialup host is currently connected, Fire Door will display a "Connect" button and a select control with the names of the possible dialup hosts. To connect to a spcific dialup host, select the appropriate host name from the select control and press the 'Connect" button. Fire Door will then start an autodial sequence to attempt to connect to that particular remote. If the dial up fails then the standard remote dial sequence is executed.
If a dialup host is currently connected, Fire Door will show the name of the host, how long it has been connected during this session, the cumulative time that host has been connected and how long till it is disconnected automatically. In addition the total bytes sent and received to that remote host.
There will also be displayed a "Disconnect" button. Pressing this button will cause Fire Door to disconnect from the dialup host immediately, regardless of the status of the data connections.
The Connected Hosts list contains all of the names, or IP addresses if its name is unknown, of machines which have initiated connections with Fire Door. Each host will appear only once regardless of the number of connections it has opened. The amount of time remaining until the host is automatically disconnected due to inactivity is displayed, as well as the total bytes sent and received by that users host.
The maximum number of hosts in this list is determined by the maximum number of users authorised by your registration key.See the Register Help page for more information.
To close the all data connections for a particular host and allow another host to use the Fire Door proxy, select the "Release" button next to the appropriate users host.
This section shows the number of active TCP data connections being processed by Fire Door. This can be useful in determining why Fire Door does not automatically hang up the dialup connection to the remote host. It will not hang up on inactivity if any connections are still active. Thus a very slow FTP will not get cut off before completion, provided some data is still arriving!