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WAN Connection

Detection

Such function allows you to verify whether network connection is

alive or not through ARP Detect or Ping Detect.

Mode

– Choose

ARP Detect

or

Ping Detect

for the system to

execute for WAN detection.

Ping IP

– If you choose Ping Detect as detection mode, you have to

type IP address in this field for pinging.

TTL (Time to Live)

– Displays value for your reference. TTL

value is set by telnet command.

MTU

It means Max Transmit Unit for packet. The default setting is

1442.

PPP/MP Setup

PPP Authentication

– Select

PAP only

or

PAP or CHAP

for PPP.

If you want to connect to Internet all the time, you can check

Always On

.

Idle Timeout

– Set the timeout for breaking down the Internet after

passing through the time without any action.

IP Address

Assignment Method

(IPCP)

Usually ISP dynamically assigns IP address to you each time you

connect to it and request. In some case, your ISP provides service to

always assign you the same IP address whenever you request. In this

case, you can fill in this IP address in the Fixed IP field. Please

contact your ISP before you want to use this function.

WAN IP Alias

- If you have multiple public IP addresses and would

like to utilize them on the WAN interface, please use WAN IP Alias.

You can set up to 8 public IP addresses other than the current one

you are using. Notice that this setting is available for WAN1 only.

Fixed IP

– Click

Yes

to use this function and type in a fixed IP

address in the box of

Fixed IP Address

.

Default MAC Address

– You can use

Default MAC Address

or

specify another MAC address by typing on the boxes of MAC

Address for the router.

Specify a MAC Address –

Type the MAC address for the router

manually.

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After finishing all the settings here, please click

OK

to activate them.

Details Page for Static or Dynamic IP

For static IP mode, you usually receive a fixed public IP address or a public subnet, namely

multiple public IP addresses from your DSL or Cable ISP service providers. In most cases, a

Cable service provider will offer a fixed public IP, while a DSL service provider will offer a

public subnet. If you have a public subnet, you could assign an IP address or many IP address

to the WAN interface.

To use

Static or Dynamic IP

as the accessing protocol of the internet, please choose

Static or

Dynamic IP

mode from

Internet Access

menu. The following web page will be shown.

Static or Dynamic IP

Click

Enable

for activating this function. If you click

Disable

,

this function will be closed and all the settings that you adjusted

in this page will be invalid.

Keep WAN

Connection

Normally, this function is designed for Dynamic IP environments

because some ISPs will drop connections if there is no traffic

within certain periods of time. Check

Enable PING to keep alive

box to activate this function.

PING to the IP

- If you enable the PING function, please specify

the IP address for the system to PING it for keeping alive.

PING Interval

- Enter the interval for the system to execute the

PING operation.

WAN Connection

Detection

Such function allows you to verify whether network connection

is alive or not through ARP Detect or Ping Detect.

Mode

– Choose

ARP Detect

or

Ping Detect

for the system to

execute for WAN detection.

Ping IP

– If you choose Ping Detect as detection mode, you have

to type IP address in this field for pinging.

TTL (Time to Live)

– Displays value for your reference. TTL

value is set by telnet command.

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MTU

It means Max Transmit Unit for packet. The default setting is

1442.

RIP Protocol

Routing Information Protocol is abbreviated as RIP

（

RFC1058

）

specifying how routers exchange routing tables information. Click

Enable RIP

for activating this function.

WAN IP Network

Settings

This group allows you to obtain an IP address automatically and

allows you type in IP address manually.

WAN IP Alias

- If you have multiple public IP addresses and would

like to utilize them on the WAN interface, please use WAN IP Alias.

You can set up to 8 public IP addresses other than the current one

you are using.

Obtain an IP address automatically

– Click this button to obtain

the IP address automatically if you want to use

Dynamic IP

mode.

Router Name

:

Type in the router name provided by ISP.

Domain Name

:

Type in the domain name that you have assigned.

Specify an IP address

– Click this radio button to specify some data

if you want to use

Static IP

mode.

IP Address

:

Type the IP address.

Subnet Mask

:

Type the subnet mask.

Gateway IP Address

:

Type the gateway IP address.

Default MAC Address

: Click this radio button to use default MAC

address for the router.

Specify a MAC Address

: Some Cable service providers specify a

specific MAC address for access authentication. In such cases you

need to click the

Specify a MAC Address

and enter the MAC

address in the MAC Address field.

DNS Server IP

Address

Type in the primary IP address for the router if you want to use

Static IP

mode. If necessary, type in secondary IP address for

necessity in the future.

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Details Page for PPTP/L2TP

To use

PPTP/L2TP

as the accessing protocol of the internet, please choose

PPTP/L2TP

from

Internet Access

menu. The following web page will be shown.

PPTP/L2TP Client

Mode

Enable PPTP-

Click this radio button to

enable a PPTP client to

establish a tunnel to a DSL modem on the WAN interface.

Enable L2TP

- Click this radio button to

enable a L2TP client to

establish a tunnel to a DSL modem on the WAN interface.

Disable

– Click this radio button to close the connection through

PPTP or L2TP.

Server Address

- Specify the IP address of the PPTP/L2TP

server if you enable PPTP/L2TP client mode.

Specify Gateway IP Address

– Specify the gateway IP address

for DHCP server.

ISP Access Setup

Username

-Type in the username provided by ISP in this field.

Password

-Type in the password provided by ISP in this field.

Index (1-15) in Schedule Setup -

You can type in four sets of time

schedule for your request. All the schedules can be set previously in

Application – Schedule

web page and you can use the number that

you have set in that web page.

MTU

It means Max Transmit Unit for packet. The default setting is

1442.

PPP Setup

PPP Authentication

- Select

PAP only

or

PAP or CHAP

for PPP.

Idle Timeout

- Set the timeout for breaking down the Internet after

passing through the time without any action.

IP Address

Assignment

Method(IPCP)

Fixed IP

- Usually ISP dynamically assigns IP address to you each

time you connect to it and request. In some case, your ISP provides

service to always assign you the same IP address whenever you

request. In this case, you can fill in this IP address in the Fixed IP

field. Please contact your ISP before you want to use this function.

Click

Yes

to use this function and type in a fixed IP address in the

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box.

WAN IP Alias

- If you have multiple public IP addresses and would

like to utilize them on the WAN interface, please use WAN IP Alias.

You can set up to 8 public IP addresses other than the current one

you are using. Notice that this setting is available for WAN1 only.

Fixed IP Address -

Type a fixed IP address.

WAN IP Network

Settings

Obtain an IP address automatically

– Click this button to obtain

the IP address automatically.

Specify an IP address

– Click this radio button to specify some data.

IP Address

– Type the IP address.

Subnet Mask

– Type the subnet mask.

3.1.4 Load-Balance Policy

This router supports the function of load balancing. It can assign traffic with protocol type, IP

address for specific host, a subnet of hosts, and port range to be allocated in WAN1 or WAN2

interface. The user can assign traffic category and force it to go to dedicate network interface

based on the following web page setup. Twenty policies of load-balance are supported by this

router.

Note:

Load-Balance Policy is running only when both WAN1 and WAN2 are activated.

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