| button to replace the WAN port MAC address with the MAC address of that PC. |
| To find out the PC’s MAC address, see Appendix A. (also see Glossary for an |
| explanation on MAC address. |
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Use the following IP | Select it if the ISP provides you a static IP to connect to the L2TP server. |
address |
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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’s Gateway. |
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User ID | Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the L2TP connection. |
| Sometimes called a Connection ID. |
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Password | Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the L2TP connection |
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L2TP Gateway | If your LAN has a L2TP gateway, enter that L2TP gateway’s IP address here. If |
| you do not have a L2TP gateway, enter the ISP’s Gateway IP address above. |
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MTU | This is an optional parameter. You can specify the maximum size of |
| transmission packet to the Internet. The range of the MTU will be from 1492 to |
| 512. You can also consult you ISP for the optimal MTU as well. Default: 1392 |
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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 shall auto- reconnect to the ISP. |
| If you select “Connect On Demand”, the router will |
| when someone wants 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 |
| disconnect due to the idle timeout. If the WAN line breaks down and latter links |
| again, the router will not |
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Idle Time | You can specify an idle time threshold (minutes) for the WAN port. This means |
| if no packets have been sent (no one using the Internet) throughout this |
| specified period, then the router will automatically disconnect the connection |
| with your ISP. |
| Note: This “idle timeout” function may not work due to abnormal activities of |
| some network application software, computer virus or hacker attacks from the |
| Internet. For example, some software sends network packets to the Internet in |
| the background, even when you are not using the Internet. So please turn off |
| your computer when you are not using it. This function also may not work with |
| some ISP. So please make sure this function can work properly, especially |
| when your ISP charges you by time used. |
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