4.2.3PPPoE xDSL
Select PPPoE if your ISP requires the PPPoE protocol for Internet connectivity. Your ISP should provide all the information like user name, password required in this section.
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User Name | Enter the User Name provided by your ISP for the PPPoE connection. | |||
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Password | Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPPoE connection. | |||
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Service Name | This is an optional parameter. Leave it blank unless your ISP requires it. | |||
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MTU | packet to the Internet. The range of the MTU will be from 512 to 1492. You can also | |||
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| If you select “Continuous”, the router will always connect to the ISP. If the WAN line | ||
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| breaks down and links again, the router wills | ||
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| If you select “Connect On Demand”, the router will | ||
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| client in LAN want to use the Internet and keep connected until the WAN idle | ||
Connection Type | timeout. The router will close the WAN connection if the time period that no one is | |||
using the Internet exceeds the “Idle Time”. | ||||
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| If you select “Manual”, the router will connect to ISP only when you click “Connect” | ||
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| manually from the Web user interface. The WAN connection will not disconnected | ||
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| due to the idle timeout. If the WAN line breaks down and latter links again, the router | ||
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| You can specify an idle time threshold (minutes) for the WAN port. This means if no | ||
Idle Time | packets have been sent (no one using the Internet) during this specified period, the | |||
router will automatically disconnect the connection from your ISP. | ||||
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| Note: This “idle timeout” function may not work due to abnormal activities of some | ||
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