Chapter 5 WAN

5.5WAN for PPPoE Screen

Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) emulates a dial-up connection. It allows an ISP to use their existing network configuration with newer broadband technologies such as ADSL. The PPPoE driver on the FSG1100HN is transparent to the computers on the LAN, which see only Ethernet and are not aware of PPPoE thus saving users the need to manage PPPoE clients on individual computers.

Click Networking > WAN > PPPoE to open the WAN screen for PPPoE.

The following table describes the WAN PPPoE labels in this screen.

Networking > WAN > PPPoE

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

WAN Settings

 

 

 

WAN Access Type

Choose PPPoE. The other options are DHCP Client or Static

 

IP.

 

 

User Name

Enter the user name provided by the ISP.

 

 

Password

Enter the password associated with the user name above.

 

 

Connection Type

Select Continuous, Connect on Demand, or Manual. If

 

Manual is selected, users will need to manually click Connect

 

and Disconnect to use the Internet. If Connect on Demand is

 

selected, users need to enter an Idle Time value in the next

 

field.

 

 

Idle Time

Enter an age-out value, in minutes, between 1 and 1000.

 

 

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