2.3 PPPoE
Select PPPoE if your ISP requires the PPPoE protocol to connect you to the Internet. Your ISP should provide all the information required in this section.
Parameter | Description |
User Name | The User Name provided by your ISP for PPPoE connection. |
Password | The Password provided by your ISP for PPPoE connection. |
Service Name | [Optional] The Service name should your ISP requires it, |
| otherwise leave it blank. |
MTU | This is optional. You can specify the maximum size of your |
| transmission packet to the Internet. Leave it as it is if you do not |
| wish to set a maximum packet size. |
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 will |
| |
| If you select “Connect On Demand”, the router will |
| to the ISP when someone want 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 be disconnected due to the idle timeout. |
| If the WAN line breaks down and latter links again, the router will |
| not |
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 |
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