Chapter 5 WAN Setup

Table 16 WAN Configuration: Service Type

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Rate Limit

Enter the maximum transmission rate in Kbps for traffic sent through the

 

WAN connection. Otherwise, leave this field blank to disable the rate

 

limit.

 

This field is not available for an ATM connection.

 

 

MTU [1-1500]

Type the maximum size of each data packet, in bytes, that can move

 

through this interface. If a larger packet arrives, the P-870HN-51D

 

divides it into smaller fragments. Allowed values are 1 - 1500. Usually,

 

this value is 1500.

 

 

Tag VLAN ID

Select this option to add the VLAN tag (specified below) to the outgoing

for egress

traffic through this connection.

packets

This field is available when the Connect interface is in VLAN MUX mode.

 

 

 

Enter 802.1P

IEEE 802.1p defines up to 8 separate traffic types by inserting a tag into

Priority

a MAC-layer frame that contains bits to define class of service.

 

Type the IEEE 802.1p priority level (from 0 to 7) to add to traffic through

 

this connection. The greater the number, the higher the priority level.

 

This field is available when the Connect interface is in VLAN MUX mode.

 

 

Enter 802.1Q

Type the VLAN ID number (from 1 to 4094) for traffic through this

VLAN ID

connection.

 

This field is available when the PTM interface is in VLAN MUX mode.

 

 

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5.5.1.3 WAN IP Address and DNS Server

The screen differs by the encapsulation you selected in the previous screen. See Section 5.6 on page 84 for more information.

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