Chapter 10 Interface

Table 60 Network > Interface > PPP > Edit > Configuration (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Description

Enter a description of this interface. It is not used elsewhere. You can use

 

alphanumeric and ()+/:=?!*#@$_%- characters, and it can be up to 60

 

characters long.

Connectivity

 

 

 

Nailed-Up

Select this if the PPPoE/PPTP connection should always be up. Clear this to

 

have the ZyWALL to establish the PPPoE/PPTP connection only when there is

 

traffic. You might not nail up the connection if there is little traffic through the

 

interface or if it costs money to keep the connection available.

 

 

Idle timeout

This value specifies the time in seconds that elapses before the ZyWALL

 

automatically disconnects from the PPPoE server.

 

 

ISP Setting

 

 

 

Protocol

Select the protocol that your ISP uses for the account. Options are:

 

pppoe - This ISP account uses the PPPoE protocol.

 

pptp - This ISP account uses the PPTP protocol.

 

 

Authentication

Use the drop-down list box to select an authentication protocol for outgoing

Type

calls. Options are:

 

CHAP/PAP - Your ZyWALL accepts either CHAP or PAP when requested by

 

this remote node.

 

CHAP - Your ZyWALL accepts CHAP only.

 

PAP - Your ZyWALL accepts PAP only.

 

MSCHAP - Your ZyWALL accepts MSCHAP only.

 

MSCHAP-V2- Your ZyWALL accepts MSCHAP-V2 only.

 

 

User Name

This field is read-only. It displays the user name for the ISP account.

 

 

Password ,/

Type your password. Then re- to make sure that you have entered is correctly.

Retype to

 

Confirm

 

 

 

Service Name

This field is optional. It displays the PPPoE service name specified in the ISP

 

account. This field is blank if the ISP account uses PPTP.

 

 

Compression

Select On button to turn on stac compression, and select Off to turn off stac

 

compression. Stac compression is a data compression technique capable of

 

compressing data by a factor of about four.

 

 

IP Address

Click Advanced to display more settings. Click Basic to display fewer settings.

Assignment

 

 

 

Get

Select this if this interface is a DHCP client. In this case, the DHCP server

Automatically

configures the IP address automatically. The subnet mask and gateway are

 

always defined automatically in PPPoE/PPTP interfaces.

 

 

Use Fixed IP

Select this if you want to specify the IP address manually.

Address

 

 

 

IP Address

This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.

 

Enter the IP address for this interface.

 

 

Metric

Enter the priority of the gateway (the ISP) on this interface. The ZyWALL

 

decides which gateway to use based on this priority. The lower the number, the

 

higher the priority. If two or more gateways have the same priority, the ZyWALL

 

uses the one that was configured first.

 

 

Interface

 

Parameters

 

 

 

Egress

Enter the maximum amount of traffic, in kilobits per second, the ZyWALL can

Bandwidth

send through the interface to the network. Allowed values are 0 - 1048576.

 

 

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