Siemens Gigaset-204A Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Configuring Advanced Settings

For an ADSL connection, make the following settings:

–

Enter the values for

VPI / VCI

for each connection service that you have received

from your Internet service provider.

–

Enter a description to identify the respective connection service.

–

Click

Add

to create a new entry.

–

Click

Delete

to delete an entry.

–

Click

to save and apply the changes.

For an Ethernet connection, make the following settings:

–

Enter the values for

VLAN tag

for each connection service that you have received

from your Internet service provider.

–

Choose the desired

Priority

for each connection service in comparison with the

other connection services.

–

You can choose between 0 and 7 for the

Priority

, whereby 0 is the highest priority.

– Click

Add

to create a new entry.

– Click

Delete

to delete an entry.

– Click

to save and apply the changes.

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Configuring Advanced Settings

Internet Connection

You can set up or change the configuration of your Internet connection on this screen.

All the settings you make here must coincide with the features your Internet service pro-

vider makes available to you. False information can lead to problems with your Internet

connection.

If you want to configure or modify settings for the Internet connection, select from

the

Advanced Settings

menu:

Internet

–

Internet Connection

All settings apply for the displayed connection service that you selected for editing on

the

Advanced Settings

–

Internet

(page 62) screen. If you only set up one connection

service, no selection is displayed.

Select your

Service provider

. Depending on the country you selected when making

the basic settings (page

43), the selection menu contains various possible providers.

If your provider is not listed, please use the

Other

option.

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Configuring Advanced Settings

Enter the data you have been given by your service provider:

Protocol

User name

Password

Only if you have selected

PPPoE

as the protocol and if you want to set up a number of

connection services with this protocol:

Enter the name of the connection given to you by your service provider in the

Access concentrator name

field.

Apply the default settings for the parameters

IP address type

IP address

MTU

Line mode

Encapsulation

QoS class

and

VPI / VCI

unless your service provider has

provided you with other data. The default settings also depend on your choice of

country.

If you have connected an external modem and chosen the connection type

Ethernet

, enter the values for

VLAN tag

for each connection type that you have

received from your Internet service provider.

The

Line mode

Encapsulation

QoS class

and

VPI / VCI

boxes are then deactivated.

Your Internet service provider may disconnect and reconnect your Internet connec-

tion daily. In this case enable

24h reconnection

and choose the period of time in

which the reconnection should be performed from the

Reconnection time

option

menu.

Specify how Internet sessions are to be established via

Connection mode

–

Select

Always on

if the connection is to exist at all times when the Giga762SX

WLAN dsl is turned on.

–

Select

Connect on demand

if applications such as an Internet browser or an e-

mail program are to connect to the Internet automatically.

–

In the

Idle time before disconnect

field, enter a period after which the Internet

connection is to end automatically if no data is transmitted

(the default setting is 3 minutes).

This time setting only applies to the

Connect on demand

and

Connect manually

options.

–

Select

Connect manually

if you always want to establish and

end the Internet connection manually. If you are on a time-

based tariff this will save you high connection charges.

Note:

To configure the Internet connection successfully, you must enter the details

given by your provider in all fields.

Notes:

You must set up the

Always on

option if you wish to use Internet telephony.

Otherwise you can only use fixed network telephony via the Giga762SX

WLAN dsl.

If you are on a time-based tariff, this option can result in high connection

charges.

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Configuring Advanced Settings

You can show additional settings, depending on the selected service provider, by

means of the

Show Additional Settings

button. You can also change the settings,

if required. These settings are pre-set with appropriate default values. This button is

not available for the

Other

selection since all available settings are displayed in this

case.

Click

Test Settings

to check the settings.

An attempt is made to set up an Internet connection. The result is shown in a sepa-

rate window.

Click the

button, which is shown if the test was successful.

Click

to apply the settings.

If the following two functions are not displayed in the window, click the

Show Addi-

tional Settings

button.

PPPoE pass-through

This option is only available if you have chosen another

Protocol

than PPPoE. If you acti-

vate the

PPPoE pass-through

function, a PC in the network can connect to the Internet

via its own connection ID. The router puts this connection through.

In the

Advanced Settings

menu, select:

Internet

–

Internet Connection

Select

to activate

PPPoE pass-through and

click

to apply the settings.

Using UPnP (Universal Plug and Play)

PCs with

UPnP

(Universal Plug & Play) can offer their own network services and automat-

ically use services offered in the network.

As soon as you have installed UPnP on a PC operating system and activated it on the

router, applications on this PC (e.g. Microsoft Messenger) can communicate via the

Internet without you needing to expressly authorise it. In this case, the router automat-

ically implements port forwarding (

Port forwarding,

see page 76), thereby facilitating

communication via the Internet.

The task bar on the PC on which UPnP is installed contains an icon for the Giga762SX

WLAN dsl. Click this icon to open the user interface. On Windows XP system, this icon is

also shown under network connections.

In the

Advanced Settings

menu, select:

Internet

–

Internet Connection

Click

UPnP

Note:

The operating system Windows ME, Windows XP or Windows Vista must run on the

PC. Check, if the UPnP function has been installed on the PCs operating system. Maybe

you have to install the UPnP components retroactively. Please consult the operating

instructions of your PC.

Note:

When the UPnP function is active, system applications can assign and use

Ports

on a

PC. This poses a security risk.

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Configuring Advanced Settings

Click

to apply the settings.

DNS server

DNS is a decentralised service that assigns PC names or Internet addresses (

Domain

names

) and IP addresses to one another. A DNS server has to administer this information

for each server or each LAN with an Internet connection.

Your Internet service provider will usually provide you with a

DNS server

that makes this

assignment when an Internet connection is set up. If necessary, you can define the DNS

server such that it is used manually for the Internet connections.

In the

Advanced Settings

menu, select:

Internet

–

Internet Connection

–

DNS Servers

All settings apply for the displayed connection service that you selected for editing on

the

Advanced Settings

–

Internet

(page 62) screen. If you only set up one connection

service, this information is not displayed.

Activate the

Use custom DNS servers

function by selecting

Enter the IP addresses for your preferred DNS servers (

Preferred DNS server

and

Alternate DNS server

Click

to apply the settings.

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