Configuring Advanced Settings

ìClick OK to apply the settings.

If the following two functions are not displayed in the window, click the Show Additional Settings button.

PPPoE pass-through

If you activate the PPPoE pass-throughfunction, a PC in the network can connect to the Internet via its own connection ID. The router puts this connection through.

ìIn the Advanced Settings Internet menu, select Internet Connection.ìSelect On to activate PPPoE pass-through.

ìClick OK to apply the settings.

Using UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)

PCs with UPnP (Universal Plug & Play) can offer their own network services and automatically use services offered in the network.

Note:

The PC must have Windows ME or Windows XP as its operating system. Check whether the UPnP function has been installed in the PC's operating system. It may be necessary to retrospectively install the UPnP components, even on systems with Windows XP or Windows ME. Please consult your PC's user guide.

As soon as you have installed UPnP in the operating system of a PC and activated it on the router, applications on this PC (e.g. Microsoft Messenger) can communicate via the Internet without you needing to expressly authorise it. In this case, the router automatically implements port forwarding (Port forwarding, see page 67), thereby facilitating communication via the Internet.

The task bar on the PC on which UPnP is installed contains an icon for the

Gigaset SX763 WLAN dsl. In systems with Windows XP, the icon is also shown under network connections. Click this icon to open the user interface of the Gigaset SX763 WLAN dsl.

ìIn the Advanced Settings Internet menu, select Internet Connection.

ìClick UPnP.

Note:

When the UPnP function is active, system applications can assign and use Ports on a PC. This poses a security risk.

ìClick OK to apply the settings.

DNS server

DNS is a decentralised service that assigns PC names or Internet addresses (Domain names) and IP addresses to one another. A DNS server has to administer this information for each server or each LAN with an Internet connection.

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