User Guide

General and Network Settings Page 40
4. Enter the user name provided by your ISP in the User Name field. The user name
identifies the PPPoE client.
5. Enter the password provided by your ISP in the Password field. The password
authenticates the PPPoE session. This field is case sensitive.
6. Select the Disconnect after __ Minutes of Inactivity check box to automatically
disconnect the PPPoE connection after a specified period of inactivity. Define a
maximum number of minutes of inactivity in the Minutes field. This value can range
from 1 to 99 minutes.
7. In the WAN/DMZ section, select Obtain an IP Address Automatically if your ISP
does not provide a static IP address. Select Use the following IP Address if your
ISP assigns a specific IP address to you.
8. Click Update. Once the SonicWALL has been updated, a message confirming the
update is displayed at the bottom of the browser window. Restart the SonicWALL for
these changes to take effect.
Note: When NAT is enabled, the SonicWALL LAN IP Address is used as the gateway
address for computers on the LAN.
When your SonicWALL has successfully established a PPPoE connection, the Network
page displays the SonicWALL WAN IP settings. The WAN Gateway (Router) Address,
SonicWALL WAN IP (NAT Public) Address, WAN/DMZ Subnet Mask, and DNS
Servers are displayed.
Note: The SonicWALL does not relay DNS settings to the LAN; you must enable and
configure the SonicWALL DHCP server or manually configure the computer DNS settings to
obtain DNS name resolution.
Restart the SonicWALL
Once the network settings have been updated, the Status bar at the bottom of the
browser window displays "Restart SonicWALL for changes to take effect." Restart the
SonicWALL by clicking Restart. Then click Yes to confirm the restart and send the restart
command to the SonicWALL. The restart can take up to 90 seconds, during which time the
SonicWALL is inaccessible and all network traffic through the SonicWALL is halted.
Note: If you change the SonicWALL LAN IP Address, you must to change the Management
Station IP address to be in the same subnet as the new LAN IP address.
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