User's Manual

Chapter 8 WAN

NBG-510S User’s Guide

8.6 WAN PPPoE Encapsulation

The ZyXEL Device supports PPPoE (Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet) for a dial-up

connection. If your Internet connection type is PPPoE, select the PPPoE option in the

Network > WAN > Internet Connection screen.

Figure 51 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPPoE Encapsulation

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 14 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPPoE Encapsulation

LABEL DESCRIPTION

User Name Type the user name given to you by your ISP.

Password Type the password associated with the user name above.

Do you want the

Internet

Connection to be

always on?

Select Yes if you do not want the connection to time out. If you select No, you can

configure a maximum idle time before the ZyXEL Device disconnects the Internet

connection.

Maximum idle

Time

Set how long the Internet connection can be idle before ZyXEL Device disconnects

it. This only applies if you set the Internet connection to not be always on.

WAN MAC

Address

The MAC address section allows users to configure the WAN port's MAC address

by either using the ZyXEL Device’s MAC address, cloning a computer’s IP address,

or manually entering a MAC address.

Factory default Select this option to use the factory assigned default MAC address.

Clone this

computer’s MAC

Select this option and enter the IP address of the computer on the LAN that is used

for Internet access. Enter the IP address in dotted decimal notation, for example,

192.168.1.25. Once it is successfully configured, the address will be copied to the

ZyXEL Device’s configuration file. It will not change unless you change the setting

or upload a different configuration file. This MAC address also displays in the

Status screen.

Set WAN MAC

Address

Select this option and enter the MAC address of the computer on the LAN that is

used for Internet access. Enter the MAC address using colons, for example,

00:A0:C5:00:00:02. Once it is successfully configured, the address will be copied to

the ZyXEL Device’s configuration file. It will not change unless you change the

setting or upload a different configuration file. This MAC address also displays in

the Status screen.