Chapter 11 Interfaces

 

Table 58 Configuration > Network > Interface > PPP > Add (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Enable

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

 

Interface

 

 

 

 

 

Interface

 

 

Properties

 

 

 

 

 

Interface

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

 

Name

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.

 

 

 

 

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-

Select this to have the ZyWALL establish the PPPoE/PPTP connection

 

Demand

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 42 on page 655 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 Advanced to display more settings. Click Basic to display fewer

 

Assignment

settings.

 

 

 

 

Get

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

 

Automatically

server configures 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

 

 

 

 

 

IP Address

This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.

 

 

Enter the IP address for this interface.

 

 

 

 

Metric

Enter the priority of the gateway (the ISP) on this interface. The

 

 

ZyWALL decides which gateway to use based on this priority. The

 

 

lower the number, the higher the priority. If two or more gateways

 

 

have the same priority, the ZyWALL uses the one that was configured

 

 

first.

 

 

 

 

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