D-Link DIR-100 user manual PPPoE Description

DIR-100 Ethernet Broadband Router

Settings for PPPoE conntections:

PPPoE	Description
User Name	The user name supplied to you by your ISP.
Password	The password supplied to you by your ISP.
Retype Password	Retype the password entered in the Password feld.
Service Name	Enter the service name supplied to you by your ISP, if required.
IP Address	Enter the IP address given to you by your ISP. This field is only to be
	completed if the Static PPPoE button is selected.
MAC Address	This field will instruct the user to enter the Media Access Control (MAC)
	address of the Ethernet Card of your computer, if instructed to do so by
	your ISP. To quickly accomplish this, click the Duplicate MAC address
	from the customer end button, which will automatically copy the
	MAC address of your Ethernet card and enter it into the space
	provided, which will replace the MAC address of the router.
Primary DNS	This entry is for the IP address of your primary domain name server,
Address	which should also be provided to you by your ISP. The router will first
	try the Primary DNS Address to resolve a website’s URL IP address. If
	this IP address fails, the router will then try the Secondary DNS
	Address. This field is only to be completed if the Static PPPoE button is
	selected.
Secondary DNS	The IP address of the secondary domain name server will be used to
Address	resolve a website’s URL IP address if the Primary DNS Address fails.
	The information in this field should also be provided by your ISP and is
	only to be completed if the Static PPPoE button is selected.
Maximum Idle	A value of 0 means that the PPP connection will remain connected. If
Time	your network account is billed according to the amount of time the
	Router is actually connected to the Internet, enter an appropriate Idle
	Time value (in seconds). This will disconnect the Router after the WAN
	connection has been idle for the amount of time specified. The default
	value = 5.
MTU	This field refers to the Maximum Transfer Unit, which is the maximum
	size of a packet, in bytes, that will be accepted by the router. The
	default setting is 1492 bytes. This field should not be altered unless
	instructed by your ISP.
Connect Mode	This function, with Connect-on-demandselected, will allow the router
Select	to connect any workstation on your LAN to the Internet upon request.
	If this function is set at Always-on, no request from the workstation
	will be needed to connect to the Internet. If Manual is selected, it will
	be necessary for the workstation on the LAN to manually connect to the
	Internet through this router.

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