User`s guide

MN-500 Base Station Configuration Guide 15
To establish a PPPoE Internet connection
1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and then click Wide Area Network.
2. Under Internet Connection Type, click PPPoE.
3. Under Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE), type your user name and password.
4. Type a service name if your ISP supplied it.
5. Type a maximum idle time, if your ISP instructs you to. You will be disconnected from the Internet if the time that
you specify elapses without activity.
6. Type the DNS primary and secondary addresses, if your ISP provided you with this information.
7. Specify a MAC address, and click Clone MAC Address, if necessary. For information about this option, see
“MAC Addresses.”
8. To save the WAN settings, click Apply.
Disabled Connection
You can disable your Internet connection at any time. You might want to disable your Internet connection in the
following situations:
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When you suspect that an unauthorized individual is accessing your network.
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When you want to limit your children’s access to the Internet.
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When you want to limit the exposure of your local network to the WAN.
Disabling your Internet connection does not affect your Internet connection settings in any way. When you
reestablish your connection, your original settings are intact.
To disable the Internet connection
1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and then click Wide Area Network.
2. Under Internet Connection Type, click Disabled.
3. To disable your Internet connection, click Apply.
MAC Addresses
A MAC address is a unique numerical identifier for a hardware device, such as a base station or adapter. Your base
station has two MAC addresses, one for the local area network and one for the wide area network. Each network
adapter that you use also has a MAC address that is assigned at the time of manufacture and printed on the label.
Some ISPs record the MAC address of the adapter that you use when you first connect to the Internet. Depending
on your ISP account, you might experience problems if you later use the base station’s default MAC address to
connect to the Internet.
One way to avoid this problem is to clone the MAC address of the adapter installed in the computer where you
initially connected to the Internet. When you clone the adapter MAC address, it replaces the base station WAN MAC
address, so that each device on your network, including the base station, appears to have that MAC address.
To clone a MAC address
1. Open the Base Station Management Tool, and then click Wide Area Network.
2. In the MAC address box, type the MAC address of the adapter installed in the computer that is connected to
your base station. The MAC address appears on the label on the underside of your adapter.
3. Click Clone MAC address.
It is a good idea to record the MAC address of the adapter that you clone, so that if you lose your settings or no
longer have the adapter, you do not lose your ability to connect to the Internet.