Chapter 7 Interfaces

Each field is explained in the following table.

Table 46 Configuration > Network > Interface > PPP > Add

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IPv4/IPv6 View /

Use this button to display both IPv4 and IPv6, IPv4-only, or IPv6-only configuration

IPv4 View / IPv6

fields.

View

 

 

 

Show Advanced

Click this button to display a greater or lesser number of configuration fields.

Settings / Hide

 

Advanced Settings

 

 

 

Create New Object

Click this button to create an ISP Account or a DHCPv6 request object that you may

 

use for the ISP or DHCPv6 settings in this screen.

 

 

General Settings

 

 

 

Enable Interface

Select this to enable this interface. Clear this to disable this interface.

 

 

General IPv6

 

Setting

 

 

 

Enable IPv6

Select this to enable IPv6 on this interface. Otherwise, clear this to disable it.

 

 

Interface Properties

 

 

 

Interface Name

Specify a name for the interface. It can use alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and

 

underscores, and it can be up to 11 characters long.

 

 

Base Interface

Select the interface upon which this PPP interface is built.

 

Note: Multiple PPP interfaces can use the same base interface.

 

 

Zone

Select the zone to which this PPP interface belongs. The zone determines the security

 

settings the ZyWALL uses for the interface.

 

 

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 establish the PPPoE/PPTP connection only when there is traffic. You might use

 

this option if a lot of traffic needs to go through the interface or it does not cost extra to

 

keep the connection up all the time.

 

 

Dial-on-Demand

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

 

traffic. You might use this option if there is little traffic through the interface or if it

 

costs money to keep the connection available.

 

 

ISP Setting

 

 

 

Account Profile

Select the ISP account that this PPPoE/PPTP interface uses. The drop-down box lists

 

ISP accounts by name. Use Create new Object if you need to configure a new ISP

 

account (see Chapter 34 on page 429 for details).

 

 

Protocol

This field is read-only. It displays the protocol specified in the ISP account.

 

 

User Name

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

 

 

Service Name

This field is read-only. It displays the PPPoE service name specified in the ISP account.

 

This field is blank if the ISP account uses PPTP.

 

 

IP Address

Click Show Advanced Settings to display more settings. Click Hide Advanced

Assignment

Settings to display fewer settings.

 

 

Get

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

Automatically

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

 

 

 

 

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