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By checking the checkbox

Join NAT IP Pool

, data from NAT hosts

will be round-robin forwarded on a session basis.

If you do not check

Join NAT IP Pool

, you can still use these public

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IP addresses for other purpose, such as DMZ host, Open Ports.

WAN physical type

Check and choose a proper type used for duplex between this device

and other router that you want to communicate. Both sides should

use the same physical type; otherwise, the connection might be

failed due to inconsistent type. It is recommended for you to set

Auto negotiation as the physical type.

After finishing all the settings here, please click

OK

to activate them.

2.6.3 Static or Dynamic IP

For static IP mode, you usually receive a fixed public IP address or a public subnet, namely

multiple public IP addresses from your DSL or Cable ISP service providers. In most cases, a

Cable service provider will offer a fixed public IP, while a DSL service provider will offer a

public subnet. If you have a public subnet, you could assign an IP address or many IP address

to the WAN interface.

To choose

Static or Dynamic IP

as the accessing protocol of the internet, please select

Internet Access Setup

on the

Quick Setup

page.

Next,

choose the

Static or Dynamic IP

link.

The following web page will be shown.

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Access Control

Click

Enable

for activating this function. If you click

Disable

, this

function will be closed and all the settings that you adjusted in this

page will be invalid.

ISDN Dial Backup

Setup

This setting is available for the routers supporting ISDN function

only. Before utilizing the ISDN dial backup feature, you must

create a dial backup profile first. Please click

Internet Access

Setup

>

Dialing to a Single ISP

to enter the backup profile.

Due to the absence of the ISDN interface in some models (e.g.,

Vigor2900V and Vigor2900VG), the ISDN dial backup feature and

its associated setup options are not available to them. Please refer to

the previous part for further information.

None

- Disable the backup function.

Packet Trigger -

The backup line is not on until a packet from a

local host triggers the router to establish a connection.

Always On

-

If the broadband connection is no longer available, the

backup line will be activated automatically and always on until the

broadband connection is restored. We recommend you to enable this

feature if you host a web server for your customers’ access.

Keep WAN

Connection

Normally, this function is designed for Dynamic IP environments

because some ISPs will drop connections if there is no traffic

within certain periods of time. Check

Enable PING to keep alive

box to activate this function.

PING to the IP

- If you enable the PING function, please specify

the IP address for the system to PING it for keeping alive.

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PING Interval

- Enter the interval for the system to execute the

PING operation.

WAN physical type

Check and choose a proper type used for duplex between this device

and other router that

you want to communicate. Both sides should

use the same physical type; otherwise, the connection might be

failed due to inconsistent type. It is recommended for you to set

Auto negotiation as the physical type.

RIP Protocol

Routing Information Protocol is abbreviated as RIP

（

RFC1058

）

specifying how routers exchange routing tables information. Check

Enable RIP

for activating this function.

BPA Setup

This setting is useful for Australia only.

BPA Enable

- Check this box to activate this function.

Login Server

- Select any one of the login server for your device.

User Name

- Type the user name obtained from ISP.

Password

- Type the password obtained from ISP.

WAN IP Network

Settings

This group allows you to obtain an IP address automatically and

allows you type in IP address manually.

Obtain an IP address automatically

– Click this button to obtain

the IP address automatically if you want to use

Dynamic IP

mode.

Router Name

– Type in the router name provided by ISP.

Domain Name

– Type in the domain name that you have assigned.

Default MAC Address

– Click this radio button to use default MAC

address for the router.

Specify a MAC Address

- Some Cable service providers specify a

specific MAC address for access authentication. In such cases you

need to click the

Specify a MAC Address

and enter the MAC

address in the MAC Address field.

WAN IP Alias

- If you have multiple public IP addresses and would

like to utilize them on the WAN interface, please use WAN IP Alias.

You can set up to 8 public IP addresses other than the current one

you are using.

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Specify an IP address

– Click this radio button to specify some data

if you want to use

Static IP

mode.

IP Address

– Type the IP address.

Subnet Mask

– Type the subnet mask.

Gateway IP Address

– Type the gateway IP address.

DNS Server IP

Address

Type in the primary IP address for the router if you want to use

Static IP

mode. If necessary, type in secondary IP address for

necessity in the future.

After finishing all the settings here, please click

OK

to activate them.

2.6.4 PPTP

To choose

PPTP

as the accessing protocol of the internet, please select

Internet Access

Setup

on the

Quick Setup

page.

Next,

choose the

PPTP

link. The following web page will be

shown.