Chapter 8 WAN
Table 40 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPTP Encapsulation
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
Password | Type the password associated with the User Name above. |
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Retype to Confirm | Type your password again to make sure that you have entered is |
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Select | |
Connection | time out. |
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Idle Timeout | This value specifies the time in minutes that elapses before the |
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PPTP Configuration |
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Server IP Address/ | Type the IP address of the PPTP server. |
Domain |
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Connection ID/ | Type your identification name for the PPTP server. |
Name |
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Get automatically | Select this option If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address. |
from ISP | This is the default selection. |
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Use Fixed IP | Select this option If the ISP assigned a fixed IP address. |
Address |
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My WAN IP | Enter your WAN IP address in this field if you selected Use Fixed IP |
Address | Address. |
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My IP Subnet | Your |
Mask | on the IP address that you assign. Unless you are implementing |
| subnetting, use the subnet mask computed by the |
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WAN IP Address Assignment | |
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Get automatically | Select this to get your WAN IP address from your ISP. |
from ISP |
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DNS Servers |
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First DNS Server | Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server |
Second DNS Server | information (and the |
right displays the | |
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| Enter the DNS server's IP address in the field to the right. If you |
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| Defined changes to None after you click Apply. If you set a |
| second choice to |
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| 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. |
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WAN MAC Address | The MAC address section allows users to configure the WAN port's |
| MAC address by either using the |
| the MAC address from a computer on your LAN or manually entering |
| a MAC address. |
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Factory default | Select Factory default to use the factory assigned default MAC |
| Address. |
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