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Archer C9
AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
Figure 5-6 PPPoE Advanced Settings
MTU Size -
The default MTU size is “1480” bytes, which is usually fine. It is not
recommended that you change the default
MTU Size
unless required by your ISP.
Service Name/AC Name -
The service name and AC (Access Concentrator) name should
not be configured unless you are sure it is necessary for your ISP.
In most cases, leaving
these fields blank will work.
ISP Specified IP Address -
If your ISP does not automatically assign IP addresses to the
router during login, please click “
Use IP address specified by ISP
” check box and enter the
IP address provided by your ISP in dotted-decimal notation.
Detect Online Interval -
The router will detect Access Concentrator online at every interval.
The default value is “0”. You can input the value between “0” and “120”. The value “0”
means
no detect.
Primary DNS/Secondary DNS -
If your ISP does not automatically assign DNS addresses to
the router during login, please click “
Use the following DNS servers
” check box and enter
the IP address in dotted-decimal notation of your ISP’s primary DNS server. If a secondary
DNS server address is available, enter it as well.
Click the
Save
button to save your settings.
4.
If your ISP provides L2TP connection, please select
L2TP/Russia L2TP
option. And you
should enter the following parameters (Figure 5-7).
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Archer C9
AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
Figure 5-7 WAN - L2TP/Russia L2TP
VPN Server IP/Domain Name -
Enter the IP address or domain name of the VPN server
provided by your ISP.
User Name/Password -
Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These
fields are case-sensitive.
Dynamic IP/ Static IP -
Select
Static IP
if IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS
server address have been provided by your ISP. Otherwise, please select
Dynamic IP
.
Connect on Demand -
You can configure the router to disconnect from your Internet
connection after a specified period of inactivity (
Max Idle Time
). If your Internet connection
has been terminated due to inactivity,
Connect on Demand
enables the router to
automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet
again. If you wish to activate
Connect on Demand
, check the radio button. If you want your
Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter 0 in the
Max Idle Time
field. Otherwise,
enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet connection
terminates.
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AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
Connect Automatically -
Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this
option, check the radio button.
Connect Manually -
You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
After a specified period of inactivity (
Max Idle Time
), the router will disconnect from your
Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as
soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, check the radio button. If
you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in the
Max Idle Time
field. Otherwise, enter the number of minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting
last unless a new link is requested.
Caution
: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to
Max
Idle Time
, because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.
Click the
Save
button to save your settings.
5.
If your ISP provides PPTP connection, please select
PPTP/Russia PPTP
option. And you
should enter the following parameters (Figure 5-8).
Figure 5-8 PPTP Settings
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AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
VPN Server IP/Domain Name -
Enter the IP address or domain name of the VPN server
provided by your ISP.
User Name/Password -
Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These
fields are case-sensitive.
Dynamic IP/ Static IP -
Select
Static IP
if IP address, subnet mask, gateway and DNS
server address have been provided by your ISP. Otherwise, please select
Dynamic IP
.
Connect on Demand -
You can configure the router to disconnect from your Internet
connection after a specified period of inactivity (
Max Idle Time
). If your Internet connection
has been terminated due to inactivity,
Connect on Demand
enables the router to
automatically re-establish your connection as soon as you attempt to access the Internet
again. If you wish to activate
Connect on Demand
, check the radio button. If you want your
Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter “0” in the
Max Idle Time
field.
Otherwise, enter the number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet
connection terminates.
Connect Automatically -
Connect automatically after the router is disconnected. To use this
option, check the radio button.
Connect Manually -
You can configure the router to make it connect or disconnect manually.
After a specified period of inactivity (
Max Idle Time
), the router will disconnect from your
Internet connection, and you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as
soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option, click the radio button. If
you want your Internet connection to remain active at all times, enter "0" in the
Max Idle Time
field. Otherwise, enter the number in minutes that you wish to have the Internet connecting
last unless a new link is requested.
Caution
: Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you specify a time to
Max
Idle Time
because some applications are visiting the Internet continually in the background.
Click the
Save
button to save your settings.
Note:
If you don't know how to choose the appropriate connection type, click the
Detect
button to allow
the router to automatically search your Internet connection for servers and protocols. The
connection type will be reported when an active Internet service is successfully detected by the
router. This report is for your reference only. To make sure the connection type your ISP provides,
please refer to the ISP. The various types of Internet connections that the router can detect are as
follows:
PPPoE
-
Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user name and password.
Dynamic IP
-
Connections which use dynamic IP address assignment.
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AC1900 Wireless Dual Band Gigabit Router
Static IP
-
Connections which use static IP address assignment.
The router cannot detect PPTP/L2TP connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one of these
protocols, then you must configure your connection manually.
5.2.2
MAC Clone
Choose menu “
Advanced
→
Network
→
MAC Clone
”, you can configure the MAC address of the
WAN on the screen below, Figure 5-9.
Figure 5-9 MAC Address Clone
Some ISPs require that you register the MAC Address of your adapter. Changes are rarely
needed here.
WAN MAC Address -
This field displays the current MAC address of the Internet port. If
your ISP requires you to register the MAC address, please enter the correct MAC address
into this field in XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX format (X is any hexadecimal digit).
Your PC's MAC Address -
This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing
the router. If the MAC address is required, you can click the
Clone MAC Address
button
and this MAC address will fill in the
WAN MAC Address
field.
Click
Restore Factory MAC
to restore the MAC address of Internet port to the factory default
value. Click the
Save
button to save your settings.
Note:
Only the PC on your LAN can use the
MAC Address Clone
function.
5.2.3
LAN
Choose menu “
Advanced
→
Network
→
LAN
”, you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on
the screen as below.
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