VSG-1200 V2 User’s Guide

 

Table 8 System Settings: WAN/LAN: PPPoE (continued)

 

 

 

 

FIELD

DESCRIPTION

 

 

 

 

Username

Enter the user name exactly as assigned by your ISP.

 

 

If the name is assigned 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.

6.5.4 WAN Port Mode: PPTP

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables transfers 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.

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