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8.

Click the

next

button. The

SET-UP COMPLETE

window will appear, signifying that you have successfully

established a connection profile.

9.

Click the

done

button. The

Connection Overview

screen appears. The Installation Wizard is now done.

10.

Click

Home

in the main menu to exit the process completely.

Congratulations! You have completed configuring your Internet connection using the Installation Wizard. Now, go

to section 7.4, “Confirming Your Internet Connection,” to confirm your Internet connection.

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7.3

Configuring Your Internet Connection

Manually

Your Gateway allows you to set up connection profiles for PPP authentication with your ISP. A connection profile

contains your account ID and password (provided by your ISP), and several connection options that you can specify

for your profile. The account ID and password are used for each connection profile that you set up. Connection

profiles can be associated with specific service settings, such as firewall settings or NAT services, enabling you to

customize your Gateway for specific users.

IMPORTANT:

Before setting up a connection profile, confirm that you have an Account ID and Account Password

from your ISP.

To connect to the Internet manually by setting up a PPPoE connection profile, please follow these steps:

1.

Go to the

Home

page, and click the

Add/Edit Connection

link in the

Broadband Connection

to go to the

Connection Overview

screen. The

Connection Overview

screen displays the status of your Internet

connection. In the screen below, the status displays

DOWN.

This means that you do not have an Internet

connection.

2.

Click

profile editor

to set up your connection profile. The

Edit

screen (

Home > Connection Overview

) will

appear.

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3.

Click

edit

. The

Edit Connection

window will appear. This window allows you to change the connection profile

settings defined in the Gateway.

NOTE:

To create an entirely new connection profile, rather than edit an existing one, click

new connection

instead of

edit

.

4.

Type in the following information in the fields provided and select from the following options:

•

Connection Name: This is description for the connection profile that your Gateway will use. This name

is supplied by your ISP.

•

Account ID: This is your account ID. This ID is supplied by your ISP.

•

Account Password: This is your account’s password. This password is provided by your ISP.

•

Service Profile: This drop-down menu lists pre-defined Service Profiles.

•

Manual/On Demand/Always On: These are options for specifying how this particular connection

profile is used.

•

Time Out Enable: This check box enables/disables an automatic Gateway inactivity timeout.

•

Save Password: This check box to enables/disables automatic password entry.

•

Minutes for Connection Time Out: This is the number of minutes specified before the Time Out

Enable feature disconnects the Gateway from the ISP.

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Refer to the following table for detailed information on each of the Edit/New Connection window fields.

Connection Name

Displays the description for the connection profile that your Gateway will use. This

field allows you to type in the desired name that you want to use for each profile that

you set up. You can create and store up to eight unique connection profiles in your

Gateway, which you can use once you establish a PPP session with your ISP. This

field allows a maximum of 64 characters. Remember, use MainPPP as the connection

name if you are connecting for the first time.

Note: When you establish a PPPoE session for the first time, you must use the factory

default Connection Name “MainPPP” to connect to your ISP. Then, if you want set

up additional profiles, you can use connection names of your choice. The Connection

Name is the name associated each connection profile.

Account ID

Displays your Account ID as supplied by your ISP. The Account ID field allows a

maximum of 255 characters.

Account Password

Displays your Account Password as provided by your ISP. The Account Password is

masked for extra security. This field allows a maximum of 255 characters.

Service Profile

Click this drop-down menu to select a pre-defined Service Profile. A service profile is

a collection of settings for the built-in firewall and NAT. These settings control which

applications are enabled to communicate through the Gateway. This selection

specifies which service profile is used with this connection.

Manual/On

Demand/Always On

Select the option to specify how this connection profile is used. By default, the

Gateway’s connection setting is set to

Always On

.

•

Manual: Select this option to manually establish your PPP session.

•

On Demand: Select this option to automatically reestablish your PPP session

on demand anytime your PC requests Internet activity (for example,

browsing the Internet, email, etc.). Please note that when you have Internet

traffic, this setting may cause a delay.

•

Always On: Select this option to automatically establish a PPP session when

you log on or if the PPP session goes down.

Time Out Enable

Click this check box to enable disconnect timeout. If enabled, the Gateway will

monitor the ISP connection for activity. If there is no activity for the time out period,

the Gateway will disconnect from the ISP.

Note: The timeout option will be dimmed if you select

Always On

as your

connection setting.

Save Password

Click this check box to enable automatic password entry. If enabled, the Gateway will

automatically insert your Account Password. By default, this feature is enabled

(checked).

Minutes for Connection

Time Out

Displays the number of minutes of inactivity before your gateway will disconnect

from the ISP.

5.

Click

save

and then

OK

to save the connection settings.

Congratulations! You have completed setting up your PPPoE connection profile. Now, go to section 7.4,

“Confirming Your Internet Connection,” to confirm your Internet connection.

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7.4

Confirming Your Internet Connection

If you clicked the

Save

button in the

Edit

or

New Connection

window, the following screen will appear.

Click the

Connect

button, and wait a brief moment while the Gateway connects to the Internet. The

Status

field will

display UP once an Internet connection has been established.

NOTE:

If your Gateway’s connection setting is set to Always On or On Demand, after a brief delay, the Internet

connection will be established automatically; however, if the connection setting is set to Manual, you must click the

Connect

button in the

Connection

screen to establish an Internet connection.

Additional ways to confirm your Internet connection are:

•

In the

Broadband Connection

panel of the

Home

page, view the

Internet

field. If the status reads

Not

Connected

, you do not have a DSL link. However, if the

Internet

field displays

Connected

and the

Speed

(Down/Up)

field displays numeric values, a DSL link has been established. The values displayed represent

the transmission rates of your DSL signal (downstream and upstream). You may need to wait a brief

moment for the Gateway to report these values.

•

At the top of the Gateway, check to see if the

DSL

LED is solid green. Solid green indicates that the

Gateway’s DSL connection has been established. (The

DSL

LED may flash while the connection is being

established.) Please wait a brief moment for the Gateway to connect.