Chapter 5 WAN Setup

5.4.1 Layer 2 Interface Configuration

Click the Add button in the Layer 2 Interface screen to open the following screen. Use this screen to create a new layer-2 interface. At the time of writing, you can configure only one PTM layer-2 interface on the P-870HN-51D.

Figure 29 Layer 2 Interface Configuration: DSL PTM WAN

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 13 Layer 2 Interface Configuration

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Select

Select Default Mode to allow only one WAN service over a single

Connection Mode

virtual circuit.

 

Select MSC Mode to allow multiple WAN services over a single virtual

 

circuit. Each WAN connection has its own MAC address.

 

Select VLAN MUX Mode to allow multiplexing of multiple protocols

 

over a single virtual circuit. You need to assign a VLAN ID and priority

 

level to traffic through each WAN connection. All WAN connections

 

share one MAC address.

 

 

Enable Quality Of

Select this option to activate QoS (Quality of Service) on this interface

Service

to group and prioritize traffic. Traffic is grouped according to the VLAN

 

group.

 

The QoS setting applies to all WAN connections over the same PVC.

 

 

Back

Click this button to return to the previous screen without saving any

 

changes.

 

 

Apply/Save

Click this button to save your changes and go back to the previous

 

screen.

 

 

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