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replace the WAN MAC address with the MAC address of that PC (you have to be using that PC for the Clone MAC Address button to work). To find out the PC's MAC address see Appendix A. (see Glossary for an explanation on MAC address)
Use the following IP address The ISP gives you a static IP to be used to connect to the L2TP server.
IP Address | This is the IP address that your ISP has given you to |
| establish a L2TP connection. |
Subnet Mask | Enter the Subnet Mask provided by your ISP |
| (e.g. 255.255.255.0) |
Gateway | Enter the IP address of the ISP Gateway |
User ID | Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPTP |
| connection. Sometimes called a Connection ID |
Password | Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPTP |
| connection |
L2TP Gateway | If your LAN has a L2TP gateway, then enter that L2TP gateway |
| IP address here. If you do not have a L2TP gateway then enter |
| the ISP’s Gateway IP address above |
MTU | This is optional. You can specify the maximum size of your |
| transmission packet to the Internet. Leave it as it is if you to not |
| wish to set a maximum packet size. |
Connection Type | If you select “Continuous ”, the router will always connect |
| to the ISP. If the WAN line breaks down and links again, |
| the router will |
| If you select “Connect On Demand ”, the router will auto- |
| connect to the ISP when someone want to use the Internet |
| and keep connected until the WAN idle timeout. The router |
| will close the WAN connection if the time period that no |
| one is using the Internet exceeds the “Idle Time”. |
| If you select “Manual”, the router will connect to ISP only |
| when you click “Connect” manually from the Web user |
| interface. The WAN connection will not be disconnected |
| due to the idle timeout. If the WAN line breaks down and |
| latter links again, the router will not |
Idle Time Out
The WAN "idle timeout"
due to abnormal activities of some network application software, computer virus or hacker attacks from the Internet. For example,
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