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MTU: The Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) is a parameter that determines the
largest packet size (in bytes) that the router will send to the WAN. If LAN devices
send larger packets, the router will break them into smaller packets. Ideally, you
should set this to match the MTU of the connection to your ISP. Typical values are
1500 bytes for an Ethernet connection and 1492 bytes for a PPPoE connection. If the
router's MTU is set too high, packets will be fragmented downstream. If the router's
MTU is set too low, the router will fragment packets unnecessarily and in extreme
cases may be unable to establish some connections. In either case, network
performance can suffer.
Login: Specify the user name which is provided by your ISP.
Password: Specify the password which is provided by your ISP, and then verify it
once again in the next field.
Service Name: Specify the name of the ISP.
Type: Select a reconnection type: Keep Alive (A connection to the Internet is
always maintained), Connect on Demand: You have to open up the Web-based
management interface and click the Connect button manually any time that you wish
to connect to the Internet.
Domain Name Server: Select Get Automatically from ISP if the ISP will provide
the DNS address, if not, select Use these D NS servers and specify the primary and
secondary DNS server IP address.
Click on the Apply button to save the changes.
9.4.2 VPN Pass Through
Click on the VPN Pass Through l ink under the Router drop-down menu. This pa ge
allows you to enable the pass through feature.
PPTP Pass Through: Place a check in this box if you would like to enable this pass
through. PPTP is a protocol (set of communication rules) that allows corporations to
extend their own corporate network through private "tunnels"
L2TP Pass Through: Place a check in this box if you would like to enable this pass
through. Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is a transport protocol that enables tunneling
through the Internet for the establishment of virtual private networks.
IPSec Pass Through: Place a check in this box if you would like to enable this pass
through. IPSec is a VPN protocol used to implement secure exchange of packets at
the IP layer.