Chapter 5 WAN Setup

5.5 The Internet Connection Screen

Use this screen to change your P-870HN-51D’s WAN settings. Click Network > WAN > Internet Connection. The summary table shows you the configured WAN services (connections) on the P-870HN-51D.

To use NAT, firewall or IGMP proxy in the P-870HN-51D, you need to configure a WAN connection with PPPoE or IPoE.

Note: When a layer-2 interface is in VLAN MUX Mode or MSC Mode, you can configure up to eight WAN services for each interface.

Figure 30 Internet Connection

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 14 Internet Connection

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Interface

This shows the name of the interface used by this connection.

 

A default name ipoa0, pppoa1 or ptm0 indicates the DSL port. The

 

pppx name (where x starts from 0 and is the index number of PPP

 

connection on the P-870HN-51D) indicates a PPP connection.

 

The number after the dot (.) represents the VLAN ID number assigned

 

to traffic sent through this connection. The number after the

 

underscore (_) represents the index number of connections through

 

the same interface.

 

(null) means the entry is not valid.

 

 

Description

This is the service name of this connection.

 

0 and 35 or 0 and 1 are the default VPI and VCI numbers. The last

 

number represents the index number of connections over the same

 

PVC or the VLAN ID number assigned to traffic sent through this

 

connection.

 

(null) means the entry is not valid.

 

 

Type

This shows the layer-2 interface type and method of encapsulation

 

used by this connection.

 

 

Rate

This shows the maximum data rate (in Kbps) allowed for traffic sent

 

through this connection. This displays N/A when there is no limit on

 

transmission rate.

 

 

 

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