Chapter 6 WAN

Table 33 PPPoE Encapsulation

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Retype to

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

Confirm

 

 

 

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 seconds that elapses before the router

 

automatically disconnects from the PPPoE server.

 

 

WAN IP Address Assignment

 

 

Get automatically

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

from ISP

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

 

 

 

Remote IP

Enter the remote IP address (if your ISP gave you one) in this field.

Address

 

 

 

Remote IP

Enter the remote IP subnet mask in this field.

Subnet Mask

 

 

 

DNS Servers

 

 

 

First DNS Server

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

Second DNS

ZyXEL Device's WAN IP address). The field to the right displays the (read-only)

Server

DNS server IP address that the ISP assigns.

Third DNS Server

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-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

Address

by using the ZyXEL Device’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

computer’s MAC

address of the computer on the LAN whose MAC you are cloning. Once it is

address

successfully configured, the address will be copied to the rom file (ZyNOS

 

configuration file). It will not change unless you change the setting or upload a

 

different ROM file.

 

 

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 ZyXEL Device.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

 

 

6.4.3 PPTP Encapsulation

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables secure transfer of data from a remote client to a private server, creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using TCP/IP-based networks.

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