VSG-1200 User’s Guide

Figure 21 System Setting: WAN/LAN: PPPoE

The following table describes the related fields in this screen.

Table 8 System Setting: WAN/LAN: PPPoE

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

WAN Port Mode

PPPoE Select this option to activate PPPoE support.

 

 

Username

Enter the user name exactly as your ISP assigned. If assigned a name in the

 

form user@domain where domain identifies a service name, then enter both

 

components exactly as given.

Password

Enter the password associated with the user name above.

 

 

PPP MTU Setting

Enter the size of a Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU).

 

 

TCP MSS Setting

Enter the size of the Maximum Segment Size (MSS).

 

 

Service Name

Enter the name of your PPPoE service.

 

 

Connect on Demand

Select this option when you don’t want the connection up all the time and specify

 

an idle timeout in the Max Idle Time field (maximum 65535 minutes). This is the

 

default setting with an idle timeout of 10 minutes.

Keep Alive

Select this option when you want the Internet connection up all the time and

 

specify a redial period in the Redial Period field (maximum 65535 seconds).

 

When disconnected, the VSG will attempt to bring up the connection after the

 

redial period.

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