Chapter 10 Interface

Each field is explained in the following table.

Table 60 Network > Interface > PPPoE/PPTP > Edit

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

PPP Interface

 

Properties

 

 

 

Enable

Select this to enable this interface. Clear this to disable this interface.

 

 

Interface Name

This field is read-only if you are editing the interface. Enter the name of the

 

bridge interface. The format is pppx, where x is 0 - 11. For example, ppp0, ppp7,

 

and so on.

 

 

Nail_Up

Select this if the PPPoE/PPTP connection should always be up.

 

 

Dial-on-Demand

Select this if you want the ZyWALL to establish the PPPoE/PPTP connection

 

only when there is traffic. You might select this if there is little traffic through the

 

interface or if it costs money to keep the connection available.

 

 

Description

Enter a description of this interface. It is not used elsewhere. You can use

 

alphanumeric and ()+/:=?!*#@$_%- characters, and it can be up to 60

 

characters long.

Base Interface

Select the interface on which the PPPoE/PPTP interface runs. This interface

 

can be an Ethernet interface, VLAN interface, or bridge interface. PPPoE/PPTP

 

interfaces cannot run on Ethernet interfaces or VLAN interfaces that are used in

 

bridge interfaces, however.

 

 

Account Profile

Select the ISP account that this PPPoE/PPTP interface uses. The drop-down

 

box lists ISP accounts by name. Select Create Object to create a new ISP

 

account (see Section 41.3 on page 564 for details).

 

 

Protocol

This field is read-only. It displays the protocol specified in the ISP account.

 

 

User Name

This field is read-only. It displays the user name for the ISP account.

 

 

Service Name

This field is read-only. It displays the PPPoE service name specified in the ISP

 

account. This field is blank if the ISP account uses PPTP.

 

 

IP Address

 

Assignment

 

 

 

Get

Select this if this interface is a DHCP client. In this case, the DHCP server

Automatically

configures the IP address automatically. The subnet mask and gateway are

 

always defined automatically in PPPoE/PPTP interfaces.

 

 

Use Fixed IP

Select this if you want to specify the IP address manually.

Address

 

 

 

IP Address

This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.

 

Enter the IP address for this interface.

 

 

Metric

Enter the priority of the gateway (the ISP) on this interface. The ZyWALL

 

decides which gateway to use based on this priority. The lower the number, the

 

higher the priority. If two or more gateways have the same priority, the ZyWALL

 

uses the one that was configured first.

 

 

Interface

 

Parameters

 

 

 

Upstream

Enter the maximum amount of traffic, in kilobits per second, the ZyWALL can

Bandwidth

send through the interface to the network. Allowed values are 0 - 1048576.

 

 

Downstream

This is reserved for future use.

Bandwidth

Enter the maximum amount of traffic, in kilobits per second, the ZyWALL can

 

receive from the network through the interface. Allowed values are 0 - 1048576.

 

 

MTU

Maximum Transmission Unit. Type the maximum size of each data packet, in

 

bytes, that can move through this interface. If a larger packet arrives, the

 

ZyWALL divides it into smaller fragments. Allowed values are 576 - 1492.

 

Usually, this value is 1492.

 

 

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