Chapter 13 WAN

13.4.4 L2TP Encapsulation

The Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) works at layer 2 (the data link layer) to tunnel network traffic between two peer devices over another network (like the Internet).

This screen displays when you select L2TP encapsulation.Figure 89 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: L2TP Encapsulation

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 56 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: L2TP Encapsulation

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

ISP Parameters for Internet Access

 

 

Connection

To configure a L2TP client, you must configure the User Name and Password fields for a

Type

layer-2 connection and the L2TP parameters for an L2TP connection.

 

 

User Name

Type the user name given to you by your ISP.

 

 

Password

Type the password associated with the User Name above.

 

 

Retype to

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

Confirm

 

 

 

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