Prestige 324 Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch

 

Table 8-1 Internet Access Setup Menu Fields

 

 

 

FIELD

 

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

IP Address Assignment

 

If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address, select Dynamic, otherwise

 

 

select Static and enter the IP address & subnet mask in the following fields.

IP Address

 

Enter the (fixed) IP address assigned to you by your ISP (Static IP Address

 

 

Assignment is selected in the previous field).

 

 

 

IP Subnet Mask

 

Enter the subnet mask associated with your static IP.

 

 

 

Gateway IP Address

 

Enter the gateway IP address associated with your static IP.

 

 

 

Network Address

 

Refer to the following chapter for a more detailed discussion on the Single

Translation

 

User Account and NAT. Options are SUA only, Full Feature or None.

Once you have finished configuring a rule in this menu, press [ENTER] at the message “Press ENTER to Confirm…” to save your configuration, or press [ESC] to cancel.

8.1.2 PPTP Encapsulation

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

PPTP supports on-demand, multi-protocol, and virtual private networking over public networks, such as the Internet.

The P324 supports one PPTP server connection at any given time.

8.1.3 Configure PPTP Client

To configure a PPTP client, you must configure My Login and Password fields for PPP connection and PPTP parameters for PPTP connection.

After configuring the User Name and Password for PPP connection, press [SPACE BAR] in the Encapsulation field in Menu 4 -Internet Access Setup to choose PPTP as your encapsulation option.

If you choose PPTP in menu 4 you will see the next screen.

IP Static Route Setup

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