Telstra BigPond

IP Address — This is the IP address your ISP has given you to establish an L2TP connection.

Subnet Mask — Enter the subnet mask provided by your ISP (for example, 255.255.255.0).

Default Gateway — Enter the IP address of the ISP gateway. User ID — Enter the username provided by your ISP for the L2TP

connection.

Password — Enter the password provided by your ISP for the L2TP connection.

L2TP Gateway — If your LAN has an L2TP gateway, enter that L2TP gateway IP address here. If you do not have an L2TP gateway, enter the ISP’s gateway IP address (listed above).

MTU — Enter the MTU value provided by your ISP for the L2TP connection.

Connection Type — Choose one of three drop-down menu options:

•“Continuous”: Keeps the router connected to the ISP. If the WAN connection is disrupted and then re-linked, the router will automatically reconnect to the ISP.

•“Connect On Demand”: Auto-connects the router to the ISP when a user wants to use the Internet, and keeps it connected until the WAN idle timeout. The router will close the WAN connection if the time period of Internet non-use exceeds the Idle Time setting.

•“Manual”: Connects the router to the ISP only when you click “Connect” on the Web user interface. The WAN connection will not disconnect due to the idle timeout, and if the WAN connection is disrupted and re-linked, the router will not auto-connect to the ISP.

Idle Time Out — You can specify an idle-time threshold (in minutes) for the WAN port. If no packets have been sent (no one has been using the Internet) throughout this specified period, the router will automatically disconnect from your ISP.

Click “OK” to finish the L2TP configuration and start using the router.

Select if your Internet service provider requires the Telstra BigPond protocol (used only in Australia) to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section.