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2-4-2 Using ‘Fixed-IP xDSL’ as broadband connection type
If your ISP requires you to set a fixed IP address to establish connection,
you can use this connection type to input the IP address information
assigned by your ISP.
Please note that not only xDSL connections (like ADSL, HDSL, VDSL)
can use this connection type, you can select this connection type for all
connections that requires you to input a fixed IP address. Also, if your ISP
is assigning a fixed IP address to you by DHCP or PPPoE, do not select
this connection type. Please contact your ISP’s service hotline to make
sure you really need to use static IP as connection type.
Here are descriptions of every setup items:
Item Name Description
IP address assigned by
your by your service
provider
Please input IP address assigned by your
service provider.
Subnet Mask Please input subnet mask assigned by your
service provider.
DNS address Please input the IP address of DNS server
provided by your service provider.
Service Provider
Gateway Address Please input the IP address of DNS server
provided by your service provider.
TTL Time-to-live (TTL) is a value in an Internet
Protocol packet that tells a network router
whether or not the packet has been in the
network too long and should be discarded.