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including IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, etc. Click the

Renew

button to

renew the IP parameters from your ISP. Click the

Release

button to release the IP

parameters.

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MTU Size -

The normal

MTU

(Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet

networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default

MTU Size

unless required by your ISP.

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Use These DNS Servers -

If your ISP gives you one or two DNS addresses, select

Use These DNS Servers

and enter the primary and secondary addresses into the

correct fields. Otherwise, the DNS servers will be assigned dynamically from your

ISP.

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Note:

If you find error when you go to a website after entering the DNS addresses, it is likely that

your DNS servers are set up improperly. You should contact your ISP to get DNS server

addresses.

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Get IP with Unicast DHCP -

A few ISPs' DHCP servers do not support the broadcast

applications. If you cannot get the IP Address normally, you can choose this option. (It

is rarely required.)

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

2.

If your ISP provides a static or fixed IP Address, Subnet Mask, Gateway and DNS

setting, select

Static IP

. The Static IP settings page will appear, shown in Figure 4-8.

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Figure 4-8

WAN - Static IP

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IP Address -

Enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.

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Subnet Mask -

Enter the subnet Mask in dotted-decimal notation provided by your

ISP, usually is 255.255.255.0.

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Default Gateway -

(Optional) Enter the gateway IP address in dotted-decimal

notation provided by your ISP.

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MTU Size -

The normal

MTU

(Maximum Transmission Unit) value for most Ethernet

networks is 1500 Bytes. It is not recommended that you change the default

MTU Size

unless required by your ISP.

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Primary/Secondary DNS -

(Optional) Enter one or two DNS addresses in

dotted-decimal notation provided by your ISP.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

3.

If your ISP provides a PPPoE connection, select

PPPoE

option. And you should enter

the following parameters (Figure 4-9):

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Figure 4-9

WAN - PPPoE

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User Name/Password -

Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP.

These fields are case-sensitive.

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Secondary Connection

-

It’s available only for PPPoE Connection. If your ISP

provides an extra Connection type such as Dynamic/Static IP to connect to a local

area network, then you can check the radio button of Dynamic/Static IP to activate

this secondary connection.

z

Disabled

-

The Secondary Connection is disabled by default, so there is PPPoE

connection only. This is recommended.

z

Dynamic IP

-

You can check this radio button to use Dynamic IP as the

secondary connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP.

z

Static IP

-

You can check this radio button to use Static IP as the secondary

connection to connect to the local area network provided by ISP.

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Connect on Demand -

In this mode, the Internet connection can be terminated

automatically after a specified inactivity period (

Max Idle Time

) and

be

re-established

when you attempt to access the Internet again.

If you want your Internet connection

keeps active all the time, please enter “0” in the

Max Idle Time

field. Otherwise, enter

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the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet access

disconnects.

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Connect Automatically -

The connection can be re-established automatically when

it was down.

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Time-based Connecting -

The connection will only be established in the period from

the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM format).

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Note:

Only when you have configured the system time on “

System Tools

→

Time

”

page, will

the

Time-based Connecting

function can take effect.

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Connect

Manually

-

You

can

click

the

Connect

/

Disconnect

button

to

connect/disconnect immediately.

This mode also supports the

Max Idle Time

function

as

Connect on Demand

mode. The Internet connection can be disconnected

automatically after a specified inactivity period and

re-established when you attempt

to access the Internet again.

Click the

Connect

button to connect immediately. Click the

Disconnect

button to

disconnect immediately.

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Note:

Sometimes the connection cannot be terminated although you specify a time to Max

Idle Time because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the

background.

If you want to do some advanced configurations, please click the

Advanced

button, and

the page shown in Figure 4-10 will then appear:

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Figure 4-10 PPPoE Advanced Settings

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MTU Size -

The default MTU size is “1480” bytes, which is usually fine. It is not

recommended that you change the default

MTU Size

unless required by your ISP.

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Service Name/AC Name -

The service name and AC (Access Concentrator) name

should not be configured unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP. In most

cases, leaving these fields blank will work.

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ISP Specified IP Address -

If your ISP does not automatically assign IP addresses to

the Router during login, please click “

Use IP address specified by ISP

” check box

and enter the IP address provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation.

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Detect Online Interval -

The Router will detect Access Concentrator online at every

interval. The default value is “0”. You can input the value between “0” and “120”. The

value “0”

means no detect.

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Primary DNS/Secondary DNS -

If your ISP does not automatically assign DNS

addresses to the Router during login, please click “

Use the following DNS servers

”

check box and enter the IP address in dotted-decimal notation of your ISP’s primary

DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is available, enter it as well.

Click the

Save

button to save your settings.

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