Prestige 791R G.SHDSL Router

Chapter 7

Internet Access

This chapter shows you how to configure your Prestige for Internet Access.

7.1Internet Access Overview

This section provides information on configuring your Prestige for Internet access. It includes information on encapsulation types, IP address assignment and ATM networks.

7.2Encapsulation

Be sure to use the encapsulation method required by your ISP. The Prestige supports the following methods.

7.2.1 ENET ENCAP

The MAC Encapsulated Routing Link Protocol (ENET ENCAP) is only implemented with the IP network protocol. IP packets are routed between the Ethernet interface and the WAN interface and then formatted so that they can be understood in a bridged environment for instance, it encapsulates routed Ethernet frames into bridged ATM cells. ENET ENCAP requires that you specify a gateway IP address in the Ethernet Encapsulation Gateway field in menu 4 and in the Rem IP Addr field in menu 11.1. You can get this information from your ISP.

7.2.2 PPP over Ethernet

PPPoE provides access control and billing functionality in a manner similar to dial-up services using PPP. The Prestige bridges a PPP session over Ethernet (PPP over Ethernet, RFC 2516) from your computer to an ATM PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit), which connects to a DSL Access Concentrator where the PPP session terminates. One PVC can support any number of PPP sessions from your LAN. For more information on PPPoE, see the Appendices.

Internet Access

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