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.

 

 

Use the following IP

Select it if the ISP provides you a static IP to connect to the L2TP server.

address

 

 

 

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’s Gateway.

 

 

User ID

Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the L2TP connection.

 

Sometimes called a Connection ID.

 

 

Password

Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the L2TP connection

 

 

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.

 

 

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

 

 

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 auto-connect to the ISP

 

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 auto-connect to the ISP. Default: Continuous.

 

 

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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