PPPoE | Choose this option if your ISP uses PPPoE. (Most DSL users |
| will select this option.) |
| Dynamic PPPoE Choose this option to receive an IP Address |
| automatically from your ISP. |
| Static PPPoE Choose this option to you have an assigned |
| (static) IP Address. |
Password | Enter The PPPoE user name provided to you by your ISP. |
Retype Password | Retype the password entered in the previous field. |
Service Name | Enter the Service Name provided by your ISP (optional). |
IP Address | This option is only available for Static PPPoE. Enter the static |
| IP address for the PPPoE connection. |
MAC Address | The default MAC Address is set to the WAN’s physical interface |
| MAC address on the Broadband Router. It is not recommended |
| that you change the default MAC address unless required by |
| your ISP. |
Clone MAC Address | The default MAC address is set to the WAN’s physical interface |
| MAC address on the Broadband Router. You can use the Clone |
| MAC Address button to copy the MAC address of the Ethernet |
| Card installed by your ISP and replace the WAN MAC address |
| with the MAC address of the router. It is not recommended that |
| you change the default MAC address unless required by your |
| ISP. |
Primary |
|
DNS Address | Input the primary DNS (Domain Name Server) IP address |
| provided by your ISP |
Secondary |
|
DNS Address | This is an optional DNS Address entry to be used if the primary |
| DNS fails. |
Maximum Idle Time | The amount of time of inactivity before the device will |
| disconnect time your PPPoE session. Enter a Maximum Idle |
| Time (in minutes) to define a maximum period of time for which |
| the Internet connection is maintained during inactivity. If the |
| connection is inactive for longer than the defined Maximum Idle |
| Time, then the connect ion will be dropped. Either set the value |
| for idle time to zero or enable |
| feature. |
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