DIR-100 Ethernet Broadband Router

Settings for PPPoE conntections:

User Name

The user name supplied to you by your ISP.

Password

The password supplied to you by your ISP.

Retype Password

Retype the password entered in the Password feld.

Service Name

Enter the service name supplied to you by your ISP, if required.

IP Address

Enter the IP address given to you by your ISP. This field is only to be

completed if the Static PPPoE button is selected.

MAC Address

This field will instruct the user to enter the Media Access Control (MAC)

address of the Ethernet Card of your computer, if instructed to do so by

your ISP. To quickly accomplish this, click the

Duplicate MAC address

from the customer end

button, which will automatically copy the

MAC address of your Ethernet card and enter it into the space

provided, which will replace the MAC address of the router.

Primary DNS

Address

This entry is for the IP address of your primary domain name server,

which should also be provided to you by your ISP. The router will first

try the Primary DNS Address to resolve a website’s URL IP address. If

this IP address fails, the router will then try the Secondary DNS

Address. This field is only to be completed if the Static PPPoE button is

selected.

Secondary DNS

Address

The IP address of the secondary domain name server will be used to

resolve a website’s URL IP address if the Primary DNS Address fails.

The information in this field should also be provided by your ISP and is

only to be completed if the Static PPPoE button is selected.

Maximum Idle

Time

A value of 0 means that the PPP connection will remain connected. If

your network account is billed according to the amount of time the

Router is actually connected to the Internet, enter an appropriate Idle

Time value (in seconds). This will disconnect the Router after the WAN

connection has been idle for the amount of time specified. The default

value = 5.

MTU

This field refers to the Maximum Transfer Unit, which is the maximum

size of a packet, in bytes, that will be accepted by the router. The

default setting is 1492 bytes. This field should not be altered unless

instructed by your ISP.

Connect Mode

Select

This function, with

Connect-on-demand

selected, will allow the router

to connect any workstation on your LAN to the Internet upon request.

If this function is set at

Always-on

, no request from the workstation

will be needed to connect to the Internet. If

Manual

is selected, it will

be necessary for the workstation on the LAN to manually connect to the

Internet through this router.

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PPPoE (Russia)

Some PPPoE connections use a static IP route to the ISP in addition to the global IP settings for the

connection. This requires an added step to define IP settings for the physical WAN port.

PPPoE (Russia) connection setup

To configure a PPPoE Russia Internet connection, configure as previously described for PPPoE connections

and add the physical WAN IP settings as instructed from the ISP.

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PPTP

The

P

oint to

P

oint

T

unneling

P

rotocol is used to transfer information securely between VPNs (Virtual

Private Routers). Encryption methods are employed in the transfer of information between you and your ISP

using a key encryption. This option is specific for European users whose ISPs support the PPTP protocol for

the uplink connection. To connect to your ISP’s server using this protocol, the information in this window

must be provided to you by your ISP and then properly implemented.

PPTP connection setup menu

There are two ways to enable the router to become a PPTP client, one is through assigning the router an IP

address dynamically, which means that the DHCP protocol will be implemented by the Router to

automatically configure the IP settings. The user may input the IP settings manually by choosing the Static

IP option above the configuring area. To configure the router to be a PPTP client, complete the following

fields and click the

Save Settings

button.

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Settings for PPTP conntections:

IP Address

Enter the IP address of the router into this field. This address must be

supplied to you by your ISP. This field will not be necessary to

configure if the Dynamic IP option is chosen above the configuring

field.

Subnet Mask

Enter the IP address of the Subnet Mask into this field. This address

must be supplied to you by your ISP. This field will not be necessary to

configure if the Dynamic IP option is chosen above the configuring

field.

Gateway

Enter the IP address of the gateway into this field. This address must

be supplied to you by your ISP. This field will not be necessary to

configure if the Dynamic IP option is chosen above the configuring

field.

DNS

Enter the IP address of the DNS. This field will not be necessary to

configure if the Dynamic IP option is chosen above the configuring

field.

Server IP/Name

Enter the Server IP address for this protocol into this field. This is the

IP address of the server computer that will be used, along with your

computer, to create the Virtual Private Network. This field must be

completed for both the Dynamic IP and Static IP options

PPTP Account

Enter the PPTP account name, provided to you by your ISP, here.

PPTP Password

Enter your password for this PPTP account here, as stated to you by

your ISP.

PPTP Retype

Password

Retype the password entered in the

PPTP Password

field.

Maximum Idle

Time

A value of 0 in this field means that the PPTP connection will remain

connected. If your network account is billed according to the amount of

time the Router is actually connected to the Internet, enter an

appropriate Idle Time value (in seconds). This will disconnect the

Router after the WAN connection has been idle for the amount of time

specified. The default value = 5.

MTU

This field refers to the Maximum Transfer Unit, which is the maximum

size of a packet, in bytes, that will be accepted by the router. The

default setting is 1460 bytes. This field should not be altered unless

instructed by your ISP.

Connect Mode

Select

This function, with

Connect-on-demand

selected, will allow the router

to connect any workstation on your LAN to the Internet upon request.

If this function is set at

Always-on

, no request from the workstation

will be needed to connect to the Internet. If

Manual

is selected, it will

be necessary for the workstation on the LAN to manually connect to the

Internet through this router.

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PPTP (Russia)

The PPTP Russia setup is identical to the previously described PPTP setup except an option to use a MAC

address that will alsways be associated with the connection. The MAC address is entered manually or copied

form the computer.

PPTP (Russia) connection setup menu

To configure a PPTP Russia Internet connection, configure as previously described for PPTP connections

and type in the MAC address that will be used or clone the computer’s MAC address by clicking on the

Duplicate MAC address from the customer end

button.

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