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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.
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