The following items are displayed on this screen:

PPPoE Settings

Connection Type: Select PPPoE if your ISP provides xDSL Virtual Dial-up connection.

Click <Connect> to dial-up to the Internet and obtain the IP address. Click <Disconnect> to disconnect the Internet connection and release the current IP address.

Account Name:

Enter the Account Name provided by your ISP. If you are not clear,

 

please consult your ISP.

Password:

Enter the Password provided by your ISP.

Active Mode:

You can select the proper Active mode according to your need.

 

Manual: Select this option to manually activate or terminate the

 

Internet connection by the <Connect> or <Disconnect> button.

 

It is optimum for the dial-up connection charged on time.

 

Always-on: Select this option to keep the connection always

 

on. The connection can be re-established automatically when it

 

is down.

 

Time-based: Select this option to keep the connection on

 

during the Active time you set.

PPPoE Advanced

Check here to enable PPPoE advanced settings.

Settings:

 

Keep Alive:

Once PPPoE is connected, the Router will send keep-alive packets

 

every "Keep Alive Interval" sec and "Keep Alive Retry Times" to

 

make sure the connection is still alive. If the Router does not get the

 

response from ISP after sending keep-alive packets, then the

 

Router will terminate the connection.

MTU:

MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) is the maximum data unit

 

transmitted by the physical network. It can be set in the range of

 

576-1492. The default MTU is 1480. It is recommended to keep the

 

default value if no other MTU value is provided by your ISP.

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TP-Link TL-ER604W manual Account Name, Password, Active Mode, PPPoE Advanced, Settings Keep Alive