Following is a description of the different options:

a.Username: The username for the PPPoA access; this is provided by your DSL service provider or your ISP.

b.Password: The password for the PPPoA access; this is provided by your DSL service provider or your ISP.

c.On-Demand: Enables on-demand mode. The connection will disconnect if no activity is detected after the specified idle timeout value.

d.Idle Timeout: Specifies that PPPoA connection should disconnect if the link has no activity detected for n seconds. This field is used in conjunction with the On-Demand feature. To ensure that the link is always active, enter a 0 in this field.

e.Keep Alive: When on-demand option is not enable, this value specifies the time to wait without being connected to your provider before terminating the connection. To ensure that the link is always active, enter a 0 in this field.

f.Set Route: Specify this connection as the default-route.

g.MRU: Maximum Receive Unit the DSL connection can receive. It is a negotiated value that asks the provider to send packets of no more than n bytes. The maximum specified value is 1500 although some DSL/ISP providers require a larger value. The minimum MRU value is 128.

Figure 5 (PPPoA Connection Setup)

To complete the connection you must now click the apply button. The apply button will temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent you need to click on Save Setting (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on Save All.

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