Prestige P645 ADSL Internet Access Router
FIELD | DESCRIPTION | EXAMPLE |
| ENCAP the only available protocol is IP. |
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Bridge | Bridging is used for protocols that are not supported by the | No |
| Prestige, e.g., SNA, or are not turned on in the previous Route | (default) |
| field. Select Yes to enable and No to disable. When bridging is |
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| enabled, your Prestige will forward any packet that it does not |
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| route to this remote node; otherwise, the packets are discarded. |
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Edit PPP Options | Only available when using PPPoE or PPP. To edit the PPP | No |
| options for this remote node, move the cursor to this field, use | (default) |
| the [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press [ENTER]. This will |
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| bring you to Menu 11.2 - Remote Node PPP Options. For |
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| more information on configuring PPP options, see the section |
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| Editing PPP Options. |
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Rem IP Addr | Enter the IP address of the remote gateway or leave this field | 0.0.0.0 |
| set to 0.0.0.0 for connecting to your ISP. |
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Edit IP/IPX/Bridge | Press the [SPACE BAR] to select Yes and press [ENTER] to go | No |
| to Menu 11.3 - Remote Node Network Layer Options menu. |
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Session Options: | Use the [SPACE BAR] to select Yes in this field and press | No |
Edit Filter Sets | [ENTER] to open menu 11.5 to edit the filter sets. See the | (default) |
Remote Node Filter section for more details. |
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PPPoE Idle | This value specifies the number of idle seconds that elapse | N/A |
Timeout (sec) | before the Prestige automatically disconnects the PPPoE |
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| session. |
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PPPoE Service | Only available when PPPoE encapsulation is used. Enter the | N/A |
Name | name of your PPPoE service provider. This is the same as |
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| Service Name in menu 4. |
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Schedule Sets | Only available when using PPPoE. You can select up to four | N/A |
| schedule sets here and configure them in menu 26. For more |
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| details, please see the Call Scheduling chapter. |
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Once you have completed filling in Menu 11.1 – Remote Node Profile, press [ENTER] at the message [Press ENTER to Confirm…] to save your configuration, or press [ESC] at any time to cancel.
4.1.3 Outgoing Authentication Protocol
For obvious reasons you should generally employ the strongest authentication protocol possible. However, some vendors’ implementation includes a specific authentication protocol in the user profile. It will disconnect if the negotiated protocol is different from that in the user profile, even when the negotiated protocol is stronger than specified. If you encounter a case where the peer disconnects right after a
Remote Node Configuration |