Quick Reference Guide

ADSL2+ Modem Wireless Router DG834G Reference Manual
1-8 Configuring Your Internet Connection
v2.0, September 2007
Table 1-2. Basic Settings screen fields
Settings Description
Does Your ISP Require a Login? • Yes
•No
These fields
appear only if no
login is required.
Account Name
(If required)
Enter the account name provided by your ISP. This might also
be called the host name.
Domain Name
(If required)
Enter the domain name provided by your ISP.
These fields
appear only if
your ISP
requires a login.
Encapsulation • PPPoE
• PPPoA
•PPTP
Login The login name provided by your ISP. This is often an e-mail
address.
Idle Timeout (In minutes) If you want to change the login time-out, enter a new value in
minutes. This determines how long the modem router keeps
the Internet connection active after there is no Internet activity
from the LAN. Entering an Idle Timeout value of 0 (zero)
means never log out.
Internet IP Address • Get Dynamically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign
your IP address. Your ISP automatically assigns these
addresses.
• Use Static IP Address. Enter the IP address that your ISP
assigned. Also enter the IP subnet mask and the gateway IP
address. The gateway is the ISP’s modem router to which
your modem router will connect.
• Use IP Over ATM (IFoA). Your ISP uses Classical IP
addresses (RFC 1577). Enter the IP address, IP subnet
mask, and gateway IP addresses that your ISP assigned.
Domain Name Server (DNS) Address The DNS server is used to look up site addresses based on
their names.
• Get Automatically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to
assign your DNS servers. Your ISP automatically assigns
this address.
• Use These DNS Servers. If you know that your ISP does
not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the modem
router during login, select this option, and enter the IP
address of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary
DNS server address is available, enter it also.