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Below shows the menu items for WAN.

3.1.2 General Setup

This section will introduce some general settings of Internet and explain the connection

modes for WAN1 and WAN2 in details.

This router supports dual WAN function. It allows users to access Internet and combine the

bandwidth of the dual WAN to speed up the transmission through the network. Each WAN

port can connect to different ISPs, Even if the ISPs use different technology to provide

telecommunication service (such as DSL, Cable modem, etc.). If any connection problem

occurred on one of the ISP connections, all the traffic will be guided and switched to the

normal communication port for proper operation. Please configure WAN1 and WAN2

settings.

This webpage allows you to set general setup for WAN1 and WAN respectively.

Note:

In default, WAN1 and WAN2 are enabled.

Enable

Choose

Yes

to invoke the settings for this WAN interface.

Choose

No

to disable the settings for this WAN interface.

Display Name

Type the description for the WAN1/WAN2 interface.

Physical Mode

For WAN1, the physical connection is done through ADSL

port; yet the physical connection for WAN2 is done through

an Ethernet port (P1). You cannot change it.

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Physical Type

You can change the physical type for WAN2 or choose

Auto

negotiation

for determined by the system.

Load Balance Mode

If you know the practical bandwidth for your WAN interface,

please choose the setting of

According to Line Speed

.

Otherwise, please choose

Auto Weigh

to let the router reach

the best load balance.

Line Speed

If your choose

According to Line Speed

as the

Load

Balance Mode

, please type the line speed for downloading

and uploading through WAN1/WAN2. The unit is kbps.

Active Mode

Choose

Always On

to make the WAN connection

(WAN1/WAN2) being activated always; or choose

Active on

demand

to make the WAN connection (WAN1/WAN2)

activated if it is necessary.

If you choose Active on demand, the Idle Timeout will be

available for you to set for PPPoE and PPTP access modes in

the Details Page of WAN>>Internet Access. In addition, there

are three selections for you to choose for different purposes.

WAN2 Fail

– It means the connection for WAN1 will be

activated when WAN2 is failed.

WAN2 Upload speed exceed XX kbps

– It means the

connection for WAN1 will be activated when WAN2 Upload

speed exceed certain value that you set in this box for 15

seconds.

WAN2 Download speed exceed XX kbps

– It means the

connection for WAN1 will be activated when WAN2

Download speed exceed certain value that you set in this box

for 15 seconds.

WAN1 Fail

– It means the connection for WAN2 will be

activated when WAN1 is failed.

WAN1 Upload speed exceed XX kbps

– It means the

connection for WAN2 will be activated when WAN1 Upload

speed exceed certain value that you set in this box for 15

seconds.

WAN1 Download speed exceed XX kbps

– It means the

connection for WAN2 will be activated when WAN1

Download speed exceed certain value that you set in this box

for 15 seconds.

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3.1.3 Internet Access

For the router supports dual WAN function, the users can set different WAN settings (for

WAN1/WAN2) for Internet Access. Due to different physical mode for WAN1 and WAN2,

the Access Mode for these two connections also varies slightly.

Index

It shows the WAN modes that this router supports. WAN1 is the

default WAN interface for accessing into the Internet. WAN2 is

the optional WAN interface for accessing into the Internet when

WAN 1 is inactive for some reason.

Display Name

It shows the name of the WAN1/WAN2 that entered in general

setup.

Physical Mode

It shows the physical port for WAN1/WAN2.

Access Mode

Use the drop down list to choose a proper access mode. The details

page of that mode will be popped up. If not, click Details Page for

accessing the page to configure the settings.

There are three access modes provided for PPPoE, Static or

Dynamic IP and PPTP.

Details Page

This button will open different web page according to the access

mode that you choose in WAN1 or WAN2.

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Details Page for PPPoE

To use

PPPoE

as the accessing protocol of the internet, please choose

Internet Access

from

WAN

menu. Then, select

PPPoE

mode for WAN2. The following web page will be shown.

PPPoE Client Mode

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.

ISP Access Setup

Enter your allocated username, password and authentication

parameters according to the information provided by your ISP. If

you want to connect to Internet all the time, you can check

Always

On

.

Username

– Type in the username provided by ISP in this field.

Password

– Type in the password provided by ISP in this field.

Index (1-15) in Schedule Setup -

You can type in four sets of time

schedule for your request. All the schedules can be set previously

in

Application – Schedule

web page and you can use the number

that you have set in that web page.

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.

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.

This setting is available for

i

model only.

WAN Connection

Detection

Such function allows you to verify whether network connection

is alive or not through ARP Detect or Ping Detect.

Mode

– Choose

ARP Detect

or

Ping Detect

for the system to

execute for WAN detection.

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Ping IP

– If you choose Ping Detect as detection mode, you have

to type IP address in this field for pinging.

TTL (Time to Live)

– Displays value for your reference. TTL

value is set by telnet command.

PPP/MP Setup

PPP Authentication

– Select

PAP only

or

PAP or CHAP

for

PPP.

Idle Timeout

– Set the timeout for breaking down the Internet

after passing through the time without any action. This setting is

active only when the

Active on demand

option for Active Mode is

selected in

WAN>> General Setup

page.

IP Address

Assignment Method

(IPCP)

Usually ISP dynamically assigns IP address to you each time

you connect to it and request. In some case, your ISP provides

service to always assign you the same IP address whenever

you request. In this case, you can fill in this IP address in the

Fixed IP field. Please contact your ISP before you want to use

this function.

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.

Fixed IP

– Click

Yes

to use this function and type in a fixed IP

address in the box of

Fixed IP Address

.

Default MAC Address

– You can use

Default MAC Address

or

specify another MAC address by typing on the boxes of MAC

Address for the router.

Specify a MAC Address –

Type the MAC address for the router

manually.

After finishing all the settings here, please click

OK

to activate them.

Details Page for Static or Dynamic IP