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RFC 1483 Routed Connections

Description:

Your description of this connection.

VPI and VCI:

Enter the information provided by your ISP.

ATM Class:

The Quality of Service for ATM layer.

NAT:

The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the Internet

through a single IP account, sharing the single IP address. If users on your LAN have public IP

addresses and can access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be disabled.

Encapsulation method:

Selects the encapsulation format, the default is LLC Bridged. Select the one

provided by your ISP.

IP Assignment

±

Obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP client:

specify if the Router can get an IP

address from the ISP (Internet Service Provider) automatically.

±

Use the following IP Address:

Specify the IP address manually; the IP should be given by you

our ISP.

RIP:

RIP v1, RIP v2, and RIP v2 Multicast. Check to enable RIP function.

MTU:

Maximum Transmission Unit. The size of the largest datagram (excluding media-specific headers)

that IP will attempt to send through the interface.

TCP MSS Clamp:

This option helps to discover the optimal MTU size automatically. Default is enabled.

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MAC Address Spoofing:

This option is required by some service providers. You must fill in the MAC

address that specify by service provider when it is required. Default is disabled.

RFC 1483 Bridged Connections

Description:

User-definable name for the connection.

VPI and VCI:

Enter the information provided by your ISP.

ATM Class:

The Quality of Service for ATM layer.

Encapsulation method:

Select the encapsulation format, this is provided by your ISP.

Acceptable Frame Type:

Specify what kind of traffic can through this connection, all traffic or only

VLAN tagged.

Filter Type:

Specify the type of ethernet filtering performed by the named bridge interface.

All

Allows all types of ethernet packets through the port.

Ip

Allows only IP/ARP types of ethernet packets through the port.

Pppoe

Allows only PPPoE types of ethernet packets through the port.

PVID for Untagged Frames:

PVID is known as Port VLAN Identifier. When an untagged packet is

received by input port(s), this packet will be tagged with specified PVID. The valid value range for PVID

is 1~4094.

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PPPoA Routed Connections

Description:

User-definable name for the connection.

VPI/VCI:

Enter the information provided by your ISP.

ATM Class:

The Quality of Service for ATM layer.

NAT:

The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the Internet

through a single IP account, sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN have public IP addresses

and can access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be disabled.

Username:

Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to

128

alphanumeric characters

(case sensitive). This will usually be in the format of “username@ispname” instead of simply

“username”.

Password:

Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to

128

alphanumeric characters

(case sensitive).

IP Address:

Specify an IP address allowed to logon and access the router’s web server.

Note:

IP 0.0.0.0 indicates all users who are connected to this router are allowed to logon the device and modify

data.

Authentication Protocol Type:

Default is Chap (Auto). Your ISP will advise you whether to use Chap

or Pap.

Connection:

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±

Always on:

If you want the router to establish a PPPoA session when starting up and to

automatically re-establish the PPPoA session when disconnected by the ISP.

±

Connect on Demand:

If you want to establish a PPPoA session only when there is a packet

requesting access to the Internet (i.e. when a program on your computer attempts to access the

Internet).

Idle Timeout:

Auto-disconnect the broadband firewall gateway when there is no activity on the line for a

predetermined period of time.

±

Detail:

You can define the destination port and packet type (TCP/UDP) without checking by timer.

It allows you to set which outgoing traffic will not trigger and reset the idle timer.

RIP:

RIP v1, RIP v2, and RIP v2 Multicast. Check to enable RIP function.

MTU:

Maximum Transmission Unit. The size of the largest datagram (excluding media-specific headers)

that IP will attempt to send through the interface.

TCP MSS Clamp:

This option helps to discover the optimal MTU size automatically. Default is enabled.

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PPPoE Connections

Description:

A user-definable name for this connection.

VPI/VCI:

Enter the information provided by your ISP.

ATM Class:

The Quality of Service for ATM layer.

NAT:

The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the Internet

through a single ISP account, sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN have public IP

addresses and can access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be disabled.

Username:

Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to

128

alphanumeric characters

(case sensitive). This will usually be in the format of “username@ispname” instead of simply

“username”.

Password:

Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to

128

alphanumeric characters

(case sensitive).

Service Name:

This item is for identification purposes. If it is required, your ISP will provide you the

information. Maximum input is

20

alphanumeric characters.

IP Address:

specify if the Router can get an IP address from the Internet Server Provider (ISP)

automatically or not. Please click Obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP client to enable the

DHCP client function or click Specify an IP address to disable the DHCP client function, and specify the

IP address manually. The setting of this item is specified by your ISP.