Section 3 – Configuration
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PPTP/L2TP
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.
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
Clone MAC address
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.
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/L2TP Account
Enter the PPTP/L2TP account name, provided to you by your ISP, here.
PPTP/L2TP Password
Enter your password for this PPTP/L2TP account here, as stated to you by your ISP.
PPTP/L2TP Retype
Password
Retype the password entered in the
PPTP/L2TP Password
field.
Maximum Idle Time
A value of 0 in this field means that the PPTP/L2TP 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.