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Billion BiPAC 8500/8501/8520/8521 SHDSL (VPN) Firewall Bridge/ Router
alphanumeric characters (case sensitive). This will usually be in the format of “username@ispname” instead of simply “username”.
•Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128 alphanumeric characters (case sensitive).
•Service Name: This item is for identification purposes. If it is required, your ISP will provide you the information. Maximum input is 20 alphanumeric characters.
•IP Address: specify if the Router can get an IP address from the Internet Server Provider (ISP) automatically or not. Please click Obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP client to enable the DHCP client function or click Specify an IP address to disable the DHCP client function, and specify the IP address manually. The setting of this item is specified by your ISP.
•Authentication Protocol: Default is Chap (Auto). Your ISP will advise you whether to use Chap or Pap.
•Connection
oAlways on: If you want the router to establish a PPPoE session when starting up and to automatically
oConnect on Demand: If you want to establish a PPPoE session only when there is a packet requesting access to the Internet (i.e. when a program on your computer attempts to access the Internet).
•Idle Timeout:
oDetail: You can define the destination port and packet type (TCP/UDP) without being checked by the timer. It allows you to set which outgoing traffic will not trigger and reset the idle timer.
•RIP: RIP v1, RIP v2, and RIP v2 Multicast. Check to enable RIP function.
•MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. The size of the largest datagram (excluding media- specific headers) that IP will attempt to send through the interface.
•TCP MSS Clamp: This option helps to auto detect the optimal MTU size. Default is enabled.
•MAC Address Spoofing: This option is required by Service Providers. You must fill in the MAC address that is specified by your Service Provider if this is required. Default is disabled.
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