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 Settings (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on Save All.
4.4.1.3 PPPoE Connection Setup
PPPoE is also known as RFC 2516. It is a method of encapsulating PPP packets over Ethernet.
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To configure the gateway for PPPoE, click on Setup and then click on New Connection. The default PPPoE connection setup is displayed. At the Type field select PPPoE and the PPPoE connection setup page is displayed; Figure 6 illustrates a typical PPPoE configuration. Give your PPPoE connection a unique name; the name must not have spaces and cannot begin with numbers. In this case, the unique name is called PPPoE1. Select the encapsulation type (LLC or VC); if you are not sure, just use the default mode. Select the VPI and VCI settings; your ADSL Provider or ISP will supply these; in this case, the ADSL Provider is using 0,100. Also select the Quality of Service (QoS); leave the default value if you are unsure or the ISP did not provide this information.
The following is a description of the different options:
a.Username: The username for the PPPoE access; this is provided by your ADSL Provider or ISP.
b.Password: The password for the PPPoE access; this is provided by your ADSL Provider or ISP.
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d.Idle Timeout: Specifies that PPPoE connection should disconnect if the link has no activity detected for n seconds. This field is used in conjunction with the
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