| Parameter |
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| Obtain an IP address |
| The ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by DHCP automatically efore connecting to |
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| Use the following IP |
| The ISP give you a static IP to be used to connect to the L2TP server. |
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| IP Address |
| This is the IP address that your ISP has given you to establish a L2TP connection. |
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| Subnet Mask |
| Enter the Subnet Mask provided by your ISP |
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| Gateway |
| Enter the IP address of the ISP Gateway. |
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| User ID |
| Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPTP connection. Sometimes called a |
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| Password |
| Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPTP connection |
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| L2TP Gateway |
| If your LAN has a L2TP gateway, then enter that L2TP gateway IP address here. If you |
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| do not have a L2TP gateway then enter the ISP’s Gateway IP address above | |
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| If you select “Continuous”, the router will always connect to the ISP. If the WAN line |
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| breaks down and links again, the router will |
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| If you select “Connect On Demand”, the router will |
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| someone want to use the Internet and keep connected until the WAN idle timeout. The |
| Connection Type |
| router will close the WAN connection if the time period that no one is using the Internet |
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| If you select “Manual”, the router will connect to ISP only when you click “Connect” |
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| manually from the Web user interface. The WAN connection will not disconnected due to |
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| the idle timeout. If the WAN line breaks down and latter links again, the router will not |
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| You can specify an idle time threshold (minutes) for the WAN port. This means if no |
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| packets have been sent (no one using the Internet) throughout this specified period, then |
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| the router will automatically disconnect the connection with your ISP. |
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| Note: This “idle timeout” function may not work due to abnormal activities of some |
| Idle Time Out |
| network application software, computer virus or hacker attacks from the Internet. For |
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| example, some software sends network packets to the Internet in the background, even | |
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| when you are not using the Internet. So please turn off your computer when you are not |
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| using it. This function also may not work with some ISP. So please make sure this |
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| function can work properly when you use this function in the first time, especially your ISP |
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| charge you by time used. |
Click <OK> when you have finished the configuration above. Congratulations! You have completed the configuration for the L2TPP connection. You can start using the router now, if you wish to use some of the advance features supported by this router see chapter 2, 3, 4.
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