Prestige 794M User’s Guide

Table 22 WAN: ISP: Edit (PPPoE) (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Spanning Bridge

Select Enable to activate spanning tree feature on the WAN interface.

Interface

Select Disable to deactivate this feature.

 

 

 

NAT

Select Enable to activate NAT (Network Address Translation) to allow more than

 

one computer to access the Internet through the Prestige.

 

Otherwise, select Disable. In this case, only one computer can access the Internet

 

from the LAN.

Username

This field is applicable for PPPoA or PPPoE only.

 

Enter the user name exactly as your ISP assigned. If assigned a name in the form

 

user@domain where domain identifies a service name, then enter both

 

components exactly as given.

Password

This field is applicable for PPPoA or PPPoE only.

 

Enter the password associated with the user name above.

 

 

Service Name

This field is applicable for PPPoE only.

 

Type the name of your PPPoE service here.

 

 

IP Address

This field is applicable for PPPoA and PPPoE only.

 

Enter a static public IP address (in dotted decimal notation) provided by your ISP.

 

Leave this field as 0.0.0.0 to set the Prestige to obtain an IP address (and other

 

TCP/IP information) from the ISP every time.

Authentication

Select an authentication type your ISP uses. Choices are CHAP and PAP.

Protocol

Select None if no authentication is required.

 

 

 

Connection

Select Always On when you want your connection up all the time. The Prestige

 

will try to bring up the connection automatically if it is disconnected.

 

Select Connect on Demand when you don't want the connection up all the time

 

and specify an idle time-out in the Idle Timeout field.

Idle Timeout

Specify an idle time-out (in minutes) when you select Connect on Demand in the

 

Connection field.

 

The default setting is 0, which means the Internet session will not timeout.

 

 

RIP

The RIP field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP packets

 

that the Prestige sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving).

 

Select RIP v1 if you are unsure what RIP version other Ethernet device(s)

 

supports. RIP v1 is universally supported.

 

Select RIP v2 to send detailed routing data.

 

Select RIP v2 Multicast to set the Prestige to send routing data in RIP-2 format

 

using multicasting.

 

Refer to Section 3.2.2 on page 38 for more information.

 

 

MTU

Specify the MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) in this field.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save the settings and return to the main ISP screen.

 

 

Advanced Options

Click Advanced Options to configure advanced PPPoE settings.

 

 

4.2.1.1 Advanced PPP Options

For PPPoA or PPPoE connection type, you can configure advanced PPP settings in the Advanced Options screen.

In the WAN Connection screen, click Advanced Options to display the screen shown next.

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