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The Connection Status screen should show a valid IP address and gateway, and you are

connected to the Internet. If the configuration was not successful, skip ahead to

Manually

Configure an IPv4 Internet Connection

on page 31, or see

Troubleshoot the ISP

Connection

on page 370.

Note:

For more information about the Connection Status screen, see

View

the WAN Port Status

on page 356.

If the automatic WAN ISP configuration is successful, you can skip ahead to

Configure the

IPv4 WAN Mode

on page 26.

Manually Configure an IPv4 Internet Connection

Unless your ISP automatically assigns your configuration through a DHCP server, you need

to obtain configuration parameters from your ISP to manually establish an Internet

connection. The required parameters for various connection types are listed in

Table 2

on

page 30.



To manually configure the IPv4 broadband ISP settings:

1.

Select

Network Configuration > WAN Settings > Broadband ISP Settings

. In the

upper right of the screen, the IPv4 radio button is selected by default. The ISP

Broadband Settings screen displays the IPv4 settings (see

Figure 10

on page 29).

2.

Locate the ISP Login section on the screen:

Figure 12.

In the ISP Login section, select one of the following options:

•

If your ISP requires an initial login to establish an Internet connection, select

Yes

.

(The default is No.)

•

If a login is not required, select

No

, and ignore the Login and Password fields.

3.

If you selected Yes, enter the login name in the Login field and the password in the

Password field. This information is provided by your ISP.

4.

In the ISP Type section of the screen, select the type of ISP connection that you use from

the two listed options. By default, Austria (PPTP) is selected, as shown in the following

figure:

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Figure 13.

5.

If your connection is PPTP or PPPoE, your ISP requires an initial login. Enter the settings as

explained in the following table:

Table 3.

PPTP and PPPoE settings

Setting

Description

Austria (PPTP)

Note:

For login

and password

information, see

Step 2

and

Step 3

.

If your ISP is Austria Telecom or any other ISP that uses PPTP for login, select this

radio button, and enter the following settings:

Account Name

The account name is also known as the host name or system name.

Enter the valid account name for the PPTP connection (usually your

email ID assigned by your ISP). Some ISPs require you to enter

your full email address here.

Domain Name

Your domain name or workgroup name assigned by your ISP, or

your ISP’s domain name. You can leave this field blank.

Idle Timeout

Select the

Keep Connected

radio button to keep the connection

always on. To log out after the connection is idle for a period of time,

select the

Idle Timeout

radio button and, in the Idle TImeout field,

enter the number of minutes to wait before disconnecting. This is

useful if your ISP charges you based on the period that you have

logged in.

My IP Address

The IP address assigned by the ISP to make the connection with the

ISP server.

Server IP

Address

The IP address of the PPTP server.

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6.

In the Internet (IP) Address section of the screen (see the following figure), configure the IP

address settings as explained in the following table. Click the

Current IP Address

link to

see the currently assigned IP address.

Other (PPPoE)

Note:

For login

and password

information, see

Step 2

and

Step 3

.

If you have installed login software, then your connection type is PPPoE. Select this

radio button, and enter the following settings:

Account Name

The valid account name for the PPPoE connection.

Domain Name

The name of your ISP’s domain or your domain name if your ISP

has assigned one. You can leave this field blank.

Idle Timeout

Select the

Keep Connected

radio button to keep the connection

always on. To log out after the connection is idle for a period of time,

select the

Idle Timeout

radio button and, in the Idle TImeout field,

enter the number of minutes to wait before disconnecting. This is

useful if your ISP charges you based on the period that you have

logged in.

Connection

Reset

Select the

Connection Reset

check box to specify a time when the

PPPoE WAN connection is reset, that is, the connection is

disconnected momentarily and then reestablished. Then, specify the

disconnect time and delay.

Disconnect

Time

Specify the hour and minutes when the connection

should be disconnected.

Delay

Specify the period in seconds after which the

connection should be reestablished.

Table 3.

PPTP and PPPoE settings (continued)

Setting

Description

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7.

In the Domain Name Server (DNS) Servers section of the screen (see the following figure),

specify the DNS settings as explained in the following table.

Figure 14.

Table 4.

Internet IP address settings

Setting

Description

Get Dynamically

from ISP

If your ISP has not assigned you a static IP address, select the

Get Dynamically from

ISP

radio button. The ISP automatically assigns an IP address to the wireless VPN

firewall using DHCP network protocol.

Client Identifier

If your ISP requires the client identifier information to assign an

IP address using DHCP, select the

Client Identifier

check box.

Vendor Class Identifier

If your ISP requires the vendor class identifier information to

assign an IP address using DHCP, select the

Vendor Class

Identifier

check box.

Use Static IP

Address

If your ISP has assigned you a fixed (static or permanent) IP address, select the

Use

Static IP Address

radio button, and enter the following settings:

IP Address

The static IP address assigned to you. This address identifies

the wireless VPN firewall to your ISP.

Subnet Mask

The subnet mask is usually provided by your ISP.

Gateway IP Address

The IP address of the ISP’s gateway is usually provided by

your ISP.

Table 5.

DNS server settings

Setting

Description

Get Automatically

from ISP

If your ISP has not assigned any Domain Name Server (DNS) addresses, select the

Get Automatically from ISP

radio button.

Use These DNS

Servers

If your ISP has assigned DNS addresses, select the

Use These DNS Servers

radio

button. Make sure that you fill in valid DNS server IP addresses in the fields. Incorrect

DNS entries might cause connectivity issues.

Primary DNS Server

The IP address of the primary DNS server.

Secondary DNS Server

The IP address of the secondary DNS server.

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8.

Click

Test

to evaluate your entries. The wireless VPN firewall attempts to make a connection

according to the settings that you entered.

9.

Click

Apply

to save your changes.

10.

To verify the connection, click the

Broadband Status

option arrow in the upper right of the

screen to display the Connection Status pop-up screen. (The following figure shows a

PPPoE configuration; the IP addresses are not related to any other examples in this

manual.)

Figure 15.

Note:

If your ISP requires MAC authentication and another MAC address

has been previously registered with your ISP, then you need to enter

that address on the Broadband Advanced Options screen for the

WAN interface (see

Configure Advanced WAN Options and Other

Tasks

on page 47).

Configure the IPv6 Internet Connection and WAN Settings

The nature of your IPv6 network determines how you need to configure the IPv6 Internet

connection:

•

Native IPv6 network

. Your network is a native IPv6 network if the wireless VPN firewall

has an IPv6 address and is connected to an IPv6 ISP and if your network consists of

IPv6-only devices. However, because we are in a IPv4-to-IPv6 transition period, native

IPv6 is not yet very common.

•

Isolated IPv6 network

. If your network is an isolated IPv6 network that is not connected

to an IPv6 ISP, you need to make sure that the IPv6 packets can travel over the IPv4

Internet backbone; you do this by enabling automatic 6to4 tunneling (see

Configure 6to4

Automatic Tunneling

on page 41).

•

Mixed network with IPv4 and IPv6 devices

. If your network is an IPv4 network that

consists of both IPv4 and IPv6 devices, you need to make sure that the IPv6 packets can