| • Manual if you must select the Connect and |
| Disconnect buttons on this page. |
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Idle Time | The number of minutes of inactivity after which |
| the connection is dropped. |
MTU Size | The size of the Maximum Transmission Unit, |
| the largest physical packet size, measured in |
| bytes, that a network can transmit. The default |
| is 1492 bytes. |
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Attain DNS | If you select this option, your ISP provider |
Automatically | assigns a Domain Name Server (DNS). A DNS |
| maps the |
| type into your web browser (for example, |
| www.zoom.com) to the numerical IP addresses |
| that are used for Internet routing. |
| When you type a domain name into your |
| browser, your PC sends a request to a DNS |
| server to find the equivalent numerical |
| address. |
Set DNS Manually | If you select this option, enter the IP |
| address(es) of Domain Name Server(s) in the |
| following text boxes. |
| DNS 1: The IP Address of your primary |
| Domain Name Server. |
| DNS 2: The address of an alternate DNS |
| server to use in case DNS Server #1 is out of |
| service or heavily congested. |
| DNS 3: The address of an alternate DNS |
| server to use in case DNS Servers #1 and #2 |
| are out of service or heavily congested. |
Clone MAC | (Usually optional) Enter the MAC address of a |
Address | device in the LAN network if you want to use |
| that address for Internet access instead of the |
| AP+4’s MAC address. |
Enable uPNP | Select this check box to enable Universal Plug |
| and Play, which lets devices connect |
| automatically to one another over the LAN. |
Enable Ping | Select this check box to allow someone to ping |
Access on WAN | the AP+4 over the Internet . This is useful for |
| troubleshooting – it can allow a technician to |
| remotely ping the AP+4 to see if it is working. |
| In normal use, this option should be disabled |
| for security reasons. |
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