Chapter 13 WAN

 

 

 

 

 

Table 55 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPTP Encapsulation (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

Nailed-up

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

 

 

Connection

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Idle Timeout

This value specifies the time in minutes that elapses before the Router automatically

 

 

 

disconnects from the PPTP server.

 

 

 

 

 

 

PPTP Configuration

 

 

 

 

 

 

Server IPType the IP address of the PPTP server.

 

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get

Select this option If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address. This is the default

 

 

automatically

selection.

 

 

from ISP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Use Fixed IP

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

 

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP Address

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

IP Subnet

Your Router will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP address that you

 

 

Mask

assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the subnet mask computed by the

 

 

 

Router.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gateway IP

Enter a Gateway IP Address (if your ISP gave you one) in this field.

 

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WAN IP Address Assignment

 

 

 

 

 

 

Get

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

 

 

automatically

 

 

 

from ISP

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

WAN DNS Assignment

 

 

 

 

 

 

First DNS

Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information (and the Router's

 

 

Server

WAN IP address). The field to the right displays the (read-only) DNS server IP address that

 

 

Second DNS

the ISP assigns.

 

 

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

 

 

Server

 

 

 

address in the field to the right. If you chose User-Defined, but leave the IP address set to

 

 

 

0.0.0.0, User-Definedchanges 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

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

 

 

Address

using the Router’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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Clone the

Select Clone the computer's MAC address - IP Address and enter the IP address of the

 

 

computer’s

computer on the LAN whose MAC you are cloning.

 

 

MAC address -

 

 

 

IP Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set WAN MAC

Select this option and enter the MAC address you want to use.

 

 

Address

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the Router.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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