System Configuration

PPPConfiguration Status will be displayed at the bottom of this page to show all the Session Names with its Adapter (PVC number), Mode (PPPoA or PPPoE), Service Name, Account to Use (PPP Account ID), Disconnect Timeout configu- ration, MRU, MTU, MSS, Authentication Mode (Auto, CHAP or PAP), and Auto Reconnect configuration.

To configure the above settings, you must go to the PPP Account Configuration page first to configure Account ID, Users Name and Password.

Figure 4-17:PPP Account Configuration

ŸAccount ID

This field allows the user to enter his/her own account ID to distinguish different accounts.

ŸUser Name

Enter the PPP user name (usually provided buy the ISP).

ŸPassword

Enter the PPP password (usually provided buy the ISP).

PPP Account Configuration Status will be displayed at the bottom of this page to show all the accounts with its Account Name and User Name. (It does not show the password.)

The Number of PPP Accounts displays the total number of PPP Accounts is en- tered.

NAT Settings

The NAT Configuration page allows the user to set the configuration for the Network Address Translation.

Dynamic NAPT

The default setting is Dynamic NAPT. It provides dynamic Network Address Translation capability between LAN and multiple WAN connections, and the LAN traffic is routed to appropriate WAN connections based on the destination IP addresses and Route Table. This eliminates the need for the static NAT session configuration between multiple LAN clients and multiple WAN connections. When the Dynamic NAPT is chosen, there is no need to configure the NAT Session and NAT Session Name Configuration..

NAPT (Static)

The NAPT option maps the single WAN IP addresses to many local PCs IP addresses (1xN). It is the multiple-mapping mechanism. For each WAN Interface,

23