Prestige 314 PLUS Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch

The following table describes this screen.

 

Table 3-6 Internet Access Setup Menu Fields

 

 

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

ISP’s Name

Enter the name of your Internet Service Provider, e.g., myISP. This

 

information is for identification purposes only.

Encapsulation

Press the [SPACE BAR] and then press [ENTER] to choose Ethernet. The

 

encapsulation method influences your choices for IP Address.

 

 

Service Type

This is applicable only when you choose Ethernet as your encapsulation

 

method. Press the [SPACE BAR] to select Standard, RR-Toshiba

 

(RoadRunner Toshiba authentication method), RR-Manager(RoadRunner

 

Manager authentication method) or RR-Telstra(RoadRunner Telstra

 

authentication method). Choose a RoadRunner service type if your ISP is

 

Time Warner's RoadRunner; otherwise choose Standard.

Note: xDSL users must choose the Standard option only. The Server IP, My Login IP and My Password fields are not applicable in this case.

My Login

Enter the login name given to you by your ISP.

 

 

My Password

Enter the password associated with the login name above.

 

 

Login Server IP

The Prestige will find the RoadRunner Server IP if this field is left blank. If it

 

does not, then you must enter the authentication server IP address.

 

 

IP Address Assignment

If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address, select Dynamic, otherwise

 

select Static and enter the IP address & subnet mask in the following fields.

IP Address

Enter the (fixed) IP address assigned to you by your ISP (Static IP Address

 

Assignment is selected in the previous field).

 

 

IP Subnet Mask

Enter the subnet mask associated with your static IP.

 

 

Gateway IP Address

Enter the gateway IP address associated with your static IP.

 

 

Network Address

Refer to the following chapter for a more detailed discussion on the Single

Translation

User Account and NAT. Options are SUA only, Full Feature or None.

Once you have finished configuring a rule in this menu, press [ENTER] at the message “Press ENTER to Confirm…” to save your configuration, or press [ESC] to cancel.

3.3.2 PPTP Encapsulation

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables transfer of data from a remote client to a private server, creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using TCP/IP-based networks.

Internet Access

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