Connection Setting: For PPPoE/PPPoA connection, you can select Always on or Connect on-demand. Connect on demand is dependent on the traffic. If there is no traffic (or Idle) for a pre-specified period of time, the connection will tear down automatically. And once there is traffic send or receive, the connection will be automatically on.

IP Address: For PPPoE/PPPoA connection, you need to specify the public IP address for this ADSL Router. The IP address can be either dynamically (via DHCP) or given IP address provide by your ISP. For Static IP, you need to specify the IP address, Subnet Mask and Gateway IP address.

NAT: Select this option to Activate/Deactivated the NAT (Network Address Translation) function for this VC. The NAT function can be activated or deactivated per PVC basis.

[Dynamic Route]

RIP (Routing Information Protocol): Select this option to specify the RIP version, including RIP1, RIP2-Band RIP2-M. RIP2-B & RIP2-M are both sent in RIP-2 format, the difference is that RIP2-M using Multicast and RIP2-B using Broadcast format.

RIP Direction: Select this option to specify the RIP direction. None is for disabling the RIP function. Both means the ADSL Router will periodically send routing information and accept routing information then incorporate into routing table. IN only means the ADSL router will only accept but will not send RIP packet. OUT only means the ADSL router will only sent but will not accept RIP packet.

[Multicast]

IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol): It is a session-layer protocol used to establish membership in a multicast group. The ADSL supports both IGMP version IGMP-v1& IGMP-v2. Select None to disable it.

Your ISP should provide the above information. Note that you must enter the user name exactly as your ISP assigned it. If the assigned name is in the form of user@domain where domain identifies a service name, enter it exactly as given.

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