1.5 L2TP
Select L2TP if your ISP requires the L2TP protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section.
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| Obtain an IP address |
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| Your ISP may require a particular MAC address in order for you to connect to the |
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| Internet. This MAC address is the PC's MAC address that your ISP had originally |
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| connected your Internet connection to. Type in this MAC address in this section or use |
| MAC Address |
| the "Clone MAC Address" button to replace the WAN MAC address with the MAC |
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| address of that PC (you have to be using that PC for the Clone MAC Address button to |
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| work). To find out the PC's MAC address see Appendix A. (see Glossary for an |
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| explanation on MAC address) |
| Use the following |
| The ISP gives you a static IP to be used to connect to the L2TP server. |
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| IP Address |
| This is the IP address that your ISP has given you to establish a L2TP connection. |
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| Subnet Mask |
| Enter the Subnet Mask provided by your ISP (e.g. 255.255.255.0) |
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| Gateway |
| Enter the IP address of the ISP Gateway |
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| User ID |
| Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPTP connection. Sometimes called |
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| Password |
| Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPTP connection |
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| L2TP Gateway |
| If your LAN has a L2TP gateway, then enter that L2TP gateway IP address here. If you |
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| do not have a L2TP gateway then enter the ISP’s Gateway IP address above | |
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| MTU |
| This is optional. You can specify the maximum size of your transmission packet to the |
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| Internet. Leave it as it is if you to not wish to set a maximum packet size. | |
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| If you select “Continuous”, the router will always connect to the ISP. If the WAN line |
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| breaks down and links again, the router will |
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| If you select “Connect On Demand”, the router will |
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| someone wants to use the Internet and keep connected until the WAN idle timeout. |
| Connection Type |
| The router will close the WAN connection if the time period that no one is using the |
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| Internet exceeds the “Idle Time”. | |
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| If you select “Manual”, the router will connect to ISP only when you click “Connect” |
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| manually from the Web user interface. The WAN connection will not be disconnected |
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| due to the idle timeout. If the WAN line breaks down and latter links again, the router |
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| will not |
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