- Planex Wireless Broadband Router User's Manual

BLW-04EX

PPP over Ethernet

E nter the PPPoE user name an d password assigned by your Serv ice

Provider. The Service Name is normally optional, but may be required by

some service providers.

The MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) governs the maximum size of the

data packets. Leave this on the default value (1492) unless you have a

particular reason to change it.

Enter a Maximum Idle Time (in minutes) to define a maximum period of

time for which the Internet connection is maintained during inactivity. If the

connection is inactive for longer than the Maximum Idle Time, it will be

dropped. Enable the Auto-reconnect option to automatically re-establish the

connection when an application attempts to access the Internet again.

IP Address Pool

A dynamic IP start address may be specified by the user, e.g. 192.168.1.100

(default value). Once this start IP address has been assigned, IP addresses

running from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.199 will be part of the dynamic IP

add ress pool. IP addres ses from 192.168 .1.2 to 192.168.1.99, and

192.168.1.200 to 192.168.1.254 will be available as static IP addresses.

Remember not to include the address of the BLW-04EX in the client address

pool. Also remember to configure your client PCs for dynamic IP address

allocation.

WAN

Specify the WAN co nnection typ e pro vided by your Internet Service

P r o v i d e r, then click “More Configuration” to enter detailed configuration

parameters for the selected connection type.