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PPPoE. This protocol is mainly used by DSL providers:

This is the configuration setup for when you select PPPoE protocol.

Filed name

Sample

Explanation

1.

PAP/CHAP username

test

Your username and password that you would use to connect to your

carriers network.

2.

PAP/CHAP password

your_password

3.

Access Concentrator

isp

Specifies the name of access concentrator. Leave empty to autodetect.

4.

Service Name

isp

Specifies the name of the service. Leave empty to autodetect.

Advanced

These are the advanced settings for each of the protocols, if you are unsure of how to alter these attributes it is highly

recommended to leave them to a trained professional:

Static:

Field name

Sample value

Explanation

1.

Bring up on boot

On

Specifies whether the interface will be configured and brought up

when the router boots up. Disabling will render your WAN

connection non-functional

2

Disable NAT

On/Off

Toggle NAT on and off.

3.

Override MAC address

00:0C:43:30:50:38

Override MAC address of the WAN interface. If your ISP gives you

a static IP address it might also bind it to your computers MAC

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address (i.e. that IP will only work with your computer). In this

field you can enter your computers MAC address and fool the

gateway in thinking that it is communicating with your computer.

4.

Override MTU

1500

Maximum transmission unit

–

specifies the largest possible size of

a data packet.

5.

Use gateway metric

0

The WAN configuration by default generates a routing table entry.

With this field you can alter the metric of that entry.

DHCP:

PPPoE:

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IP Aliases

IP aliases are a way of defining or reaching a subnet that works in the same space as the regular network.

As you can see, the configuration is very similar to the static protocol; only in the example a 55’th subnet is defined.

Now if some device has an

IP in the 55 subnet (192.168.55.xxx) and the subnets gateway metric is “higher” and the

device is trying to reach the internet it will reroute it’s traffic not to the gateway that is defined in common

configurations but through the one that is specified in IP aliases.

You may also optionally define a broadcast address and a custom DNS server.

How do I setup Wifi WAN?

First we must switch the mode to Wifi. Do so by selecting Wifi from the list and wait for the page to quickly reload.

Now you have a selection of protocols available for you. Depending on whether the Access Point that you intend to

connect to runs a DHCP server or not, you will have to choose DHCP or Static (AP runs a DHCP server

–

DHCP; Does not

run -

Static). When you’ve configured your pro

tocol settings press Save and wait until the settings are applied.

Next, goto the Network -> Wireless page and wait until it loads (For the first time an automatic Site Survey will be

initiated). You should now see a list of available, local Access Points. Choose one and click Join Network.

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Should you be asked enter the secret Encryption Key and click Submit.

Now you should be transported to the Wireless Station page. Click Save and wait until all the settings are applied.

The configuration is complete and you should now be able to access the internet.

LAN

This page is used to configure the LAN network, where all your devices and computers that you connect to the router

will reside.

The common configuration and IP aliasing sections are identical to the ones found in WAN, so for an explanation on how

they work please follow through there.

DHCP Server

The DHCP server is the router side service that can automatically configure the TCP/IP settings of any device that

requests such a service. If you connect a device that has been configured to obtain IP address automatically the DHCP

server will lease an address and the device will be able to fully communicate with the router.

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Field Name

Sample value

Explanation

1.

Disable

Checked/unchecked

Check to

DISABLE

the DHCP server.

2.

Start

100

The starting address of the range that the DHCP server can use to give out to

devices. E.g.: if your LAN IP is 192.168.2.1 and your subnet mask is

255.255.255.0 that means that in your network a valid IP address has to be in

the range of [192.168.2.1

–

192.168.2.254](192.168.2.0 and 192.168.2.255

are special unavailable addresses). If the Start value is set to 100 then the

DHCP server will only be able to lease out addresses starting from

192.168.2.100

3.

Limit

150

How many addresses the DHCP server gets to lease out. Continuing on the

above example: if the start address is 192.168.2.100 then the end address

will be 192.168.2.254 (100 + 150

–

1 = 254).

4.

Lease time

12h

How long can a leased IP be considered valid. An IP address after the

specified amount of time will expire and the device that leased it out will

have to request for a new one.

Advanced settings

You can also define some advanced options that specify how the DHCP server will operate on your LAN network.

Field Name

Sample Value

Explanation

1.

Dynamic DHCP

Checked/Unchecked

Dynamically allocate client addresses, if set to

0

only clients present in

the

ethers

files are served

2.

Force

Checked/Unchecked

Forces DHCP serving even if another DHCP server is detected on the

same network segment.

3.

IPv4 netmask

255.255.255.0

You can override your LAN netmask here to make the DHCP server

think it’s serving a larger or a smaller network than it actually is.