Operation Manual

Vigor2832 Series User’s Guide
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on or off.
 TTL (Time to Live) – Set TTL value of PING operation.
 Ping Interval – Type the interval for the system to
execute the PING operation.
 Ping Retry – Type the number of times that the system is
allowed to execute the PING operation before WAN
disconnection is judged.
MTU It means Max Transmit Unit for packet.
RIP Protocol
Routing Information Protocol is abbreviated as RIP（RFC1058）
specifying how routers exchange routing tables information.
Click Enable RIP for activating this function.
Bridge Mode Enable Bridge Mode - If the function is enabled, the router
will work as a bridge modem.
Enable Firewall – It is available when Bridge Mode is
enabled. When both Bridge Mode and Firewall check boxes
are enabled, the settings configured (user profiles) under
User Management will be ignored. And all of the filter rules
defined and enabled in Firewall menu will be activated.
Bridge Subnet – Make a bridge between the selected LAN
subnet and such WAN interface.
TTL Change the TTL value – Enable or disable the TTL (Time to
Live) for a packet transmitted through Vigor router.
Enable - TTL value will be reduced (-1) when it passess
through Vigor router. It will cause the client, accessing
Internet through Vigor router, be blocked by certain ISP
when TTL value becomes “0”.
Disable – TTL value will not be reduced. Then, when a packet
passes through Vigor router, it will not be cancelled. That is,
the client who sends out the packet will not be blocked by
ISP.
WAN IP Network Settings This group allows you to obtain an IP address automatically
and allows you type in IP address manually.
WAN IP Alias - If you have multiple public IP addresses and
would like to utilize them on the WAN interface, please use
WAN IP Alias. You can set up to 32 public IP addresses other
than the current one you are using.
Obtain an IP address automatically – Click this button to
obtain the IP address automatically if you want to use