User guide
BASIC NETWORK
■ Secondary DNS: Enter the secondary DNS IP Address. Can be left blank if your ISP doesn't supply one.
■ Connection Control: Select the connection control scheme from the list. Options are: Auto-Reconnect
(Always on), Connect-on-Demand, and Connect Manually.
■ Service Name: Your ISP may provide you with a specific service name when connecting with PPPoE.
■ Assigned IP Address: Your ISP may provide you with a fixed IP address for this type of connection.
■ MTU: The default value is 0 (Auto).
■ NAT: Check to enable. If you enable, there will be no NAT mechanism between the LAN and WAN.
■ Network Monitoring: Check to enable.
■ IGMP: Choose to Enable or Disable the IGMP snooping function. When enabled, the device will detect all
IGMP messaged exchanged. This prevents multicast flooding on an Ethernet link
■ WAN IP Alias: Some ISPs will provide a fixed IP address for management purposes, enter that into this field.
PPTP
Select Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) when your ISP uses this type of connection. The ISP will provide
you with a username and password.
■ IP Mode: Select the IP Mode assigned by your ISP. If you select Static IP Address you will need to enter the
IP address, subnet mask, and gateway IP provided by your ISP.
■ Server IP Address/Name: IP address of the PPTP server provided by your ISP.
■ PPTP Account: Enter the account provided by your ISP.
■ PPTP Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP.
■ Connection ID: Enter the connection ID if required by your ISP.
■ Connection Control: Select the connection control scheme from the list. Auto-Reconnect (Always on),
Connect-on-Demand, and Connect Manually are the available options.
■ MTU: The default value is 0 (Auto).
■ MPPE: Enable this option to add encryption on transferred and received data packets.
■ NAT: Check to enable. If you enable, there will be no NAT mechanism between the LAN and WAN.
■ Network Monitoring: Check to enable.
■ IGMP: Choose to Enable or Disable the IGMP snooping function. When enabled, the device will detect all
IGMP messaged exchanged. This prevents multicast flooding on an Ethernet link
■ WAN IP Alias: Some ISPs will provide a fixed IP address for management purposes, enter that into this field.
L2TP
Choose Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) if your ISP uses this type of connection. Your ISP will provide you with a
username and password.
■ IP Mode: Select the IP Mode assigned by your ISP. If you select Static IP Address you will need to enter the
IP address, subnet mask, and gateway IP provided by your ISP.
■ Server IP Address/Name: IP address of the L2TP server provided by your ISP.
■ L2TP Account: Enter the account provided by your ISP.
■ L2TP Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP.
■ Connection Control: Select the connection control scheme from the list. Options are: Auto-Reconnect
(Always on), Connect-on-Demand, and Connect Manually.
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