Chapter 8 WAN

Table 40 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPTP Encapsulation

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Password

Type the password associated with the User Name above.

 

 

Retype to Confirm

Type your password again to make sure that you have entered is

 

correctly.

 

 

Nailed-up

Select Nailed-Up Connection if you do not want the connection to

Connection

time out.

 

 

Idle Timeout

This value specifies the time in minutes that elapses before the

 

NBG-417N automatically disconnects from the PPTP server.

 

 

PPTP Configuration

 

 

 

Server IP Address/

Type the IP address of the PPTP server.

Domain

 

 

 

Connection ID/

Type your identification name for the PPTP server.

Name

 

 

 

Get automatically

Select this option If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address.

from ISP

This is the default selection.

 

 

Use Fixed IP

Select this option If the ISP assigned a fixed IP address.

Address

 

 

 

My WAN IP

Enter your WAN IP address in this field if you selected Use Fixed IP

Address

Address.

 

 

My IP Subnet

Your NBG-417N will automatically calculate the subnet mask based

Mask

on the IP address that you assign. Unless you are implementing

 

subnetting, use the subnet mask computed by the NBG-417N.

 

 

WAN IP Address Assignment

 

 

Get automatically

Select this to get your WAN IP address from your ISP.

from ISP

 

 

 

DNS Servers

 

 

 

First DNS Server

Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server

Second DNS Server

information (and the NBG-417N's WAN IP address). The field to the

right displays the (read-only) DNS server IP address that the ISP

 

assigns.

 

Select User-Definedif you have the IP address of a DNS server.

 

Enter the DNS server's IP address in the field to the right. If you

 

chose User-Defined, but leave the IP address set to 0.0.0.0, User-

 

Defined changes to None after you click Apply. If you set a

 

second choice to User-Defined, and enter the same IP address,

 

the second User-Definedchanges to None after you click Apply.

 

Select None if you do not want to configure DNS servers. If you do

 

not configure a DNS server, you must know the IP address of a

 

computer in order to access it.

 

 

WAN MAC Address

The MAC address section allows users to configure the WAN port's

 

MAC address by either using the NBG-417N’s MAC address, copying

 

the MAC address from a computer on your LAN or manually entering

 

a MAC address.

 

 

Factory default

Select Factory default to use the factory assigned default MAC

 

Address.

 

 

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