Parameter | Description |
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Obtain an IP address | Select it if the ISP requires you to obtain an IP address by DHCP automatically. |
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Host Name | Type in the host name provided by your ISP if any; otherwise, just leave it blank. |
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MAC Address | To connect to the Internet, your ISP will require a MAC address from your PC. |
| Type in this MAC address in this section or use the “Clone MAC Address” |
| 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 PPTP server. |
address |
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IP Address | This is the IP address that your ISP has given you to establish a PPTP |
| 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 PPTP connection. |
| Sometimes called a Connection ID. |
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Password | Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the PPTP connection |
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PPTP Gateway | If your LAN has a PPTP gateway, enter that PPTP gateway’s IP address here. If |
| you do not have a PPTP gateway, enter the ISP’s Gateway IP address above. |
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Connection ID | This is the ID given by ISP. This is an optional parameter. |
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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 512 to |
| 1492. You can also consult you ISP for the optimal MTU as well. Default: 1392 |
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Select this item if you are using the service provided by BEZEQ in Israel. | |
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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 a client in LAN 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 |
| disconnected 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, the router will automatically disconnect to with your ISP. |
| Note: This “idle timeout” function may not work due to abnormal activities of |
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