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there still has surplus bandwidth, it is allocated to the rule with hypo-high precedence. For rules

with the same precedence, the surplus bandwidth is allocated to them according to their min

egress/ingress rate. The greater a rule’s min egress/ingress rate is, the more bandwidth it gets.

4.4.10 Routing

Choose “

Advanced Setup

”

Æ

“

Routing

”, it includes three menus

: Default Gateway

,

Static Route

and RIP

(shown in

Figure 4-51). The detailed descriptions are provided below.

Figure 4-51

4.4.10.1 Default Gateway

Choose “

Advanced Setup

”

Æ

“

Routing

”

Æ

“

Default Gateway

”, you can see the Default Gateway

screen. Deselect the checkbox before

Auto Gateway

, and then you will be able to select a WAN

Interface from the drop-down list as the system default gateway. The

Auto Gateway

checkbox is

selected by default.

Figure 4-52

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)

Note:

1)

If changing the Automatic Assigned Default Gateway from unselected to selected, you have

to reboot the Router to get the automatically assigned default gateway.

2) Default Gateway IP address should be specified since MER Interface is selected when you

select the

Enable automatic Assigned Default Gateway

check box.

4.4.10.2 Static Route

Choose “

Advanced Setup

”

Æ

“

Routing

”

Æ

“

Static Route

”. You can see the Static Route screen,

this screen allows you to configure the static routes (shown in Figure 4-53). A static route is a

pre-determined path that network information must travel to reach a specific host or network.

Figure 4-53

To add static routing entries:

1.

Click the

Add

button in Figure 4-53, and you will see the screen as shown in Figure 4-54.

Figure 4-54

2.

Enter the following data:

¾

Destination Network Address:

The

Destination Network Address

is the address of the

network or host that you want to assign to a static route.

¾

Subnet Mask:

The

Subnet Mask

determines which portion of an IP Address is the network

portion, and which portion is the host portion.

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¾

Use Interface:

Select the Interface name in the text box, or else, the default Use Interface will

be adopted for the Static Route.

¾

Use Gateway IP Address:

If you select the IPoE or IPoA mode for

Use Interface

, the

screen above will display this item, you should type the Gateway address correctly, and the

other option for

Use Interface

will adopt the default Gateway address for the Static Route.

3.

Click

Save/Apply

to and then you will see you settings as shown in Figure 4-53.

To remove a static routing entry:

1.

Select the

Remove

check box according to the entry in the Figure 4-53.

2.

Click the

Remove

button, and the entry will be deleted.

)

Note:

Gateway IP address should be correctly configure

d if IP based Interface (IPoE, IPoA) i

s selected.

4.4.10.3 RIP

Choose “

Advanced Setup

”

Æ

“

Routing

”

Æ

“

RIP

”, you can see the RIP (Routing Information

Protocol) screen which allows you to configure the RIP (shown in Figure 4-55).

Figure 4-55

)

Note:

RIP cannot be configured on the WAN Interface which has NAT enabled (such as PPPoE).

To activate RIP for the device, configure an individual interface, select the desired RIP version and

operation, and select

Enabled

checkbox for the interface.

Click

Save/Apply

to save the configuration.

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4.4.11 DNS

When you select the connection type

PPPoE

,

PPPoA

or

IPoA

for WAN configuration, you will see

the

DNS

menu in the Web-based Utility (shown in Figure 4-56). It includes

DNS Server

and

Dynamic DNS

submenus.

Figure 4-56

4.4.11.1 DNS Server

Choose “

Advanced Setup

”

Æ

“

DNS

”

Æ

“

DNS Server

”, and you can see the

DNS Server

Configuration

screen. Deselect the checkbox before

Auto DNS Server

, and then you will be able

to manually configure the DNS Server Addresses as shown in Figure 4-57.

Figure 4-57

For PPPoA, PPPoE enabled PVC(s), please select the

Obtain DNS info from a WAN interface

checkbox, this Router will accept automatically the first received DNS assignment from the

selected configured WAN interface during the connection establishment.

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For single PVC with IPoA, static IPoE protocol, please select the

Use the following Static DNS IP

address

checkbox, and enter the primary and /or optional secondary DNS server IP addresses

provided by your ISP.

Click the

Apply/Save

button to save the new configuration.

4.4.11.2 Dynamic DNS

Choose “

Advanced Setup

”

Æ

“

DNS

”

Æ

“

Dynamic DNS

”, you can see the

Dynamic DNS

screen,

this screen allows you to configure the Dynamic DNS (shown in Figure 4-58).

The Router offers a Dynamic Domain Name System (

DDNS

) feature. DDNS lets you assign a

fixed host and domain name to a dynamic Internet IP Address. The Dynamic DNS service allows

you to alias a dynamic IP address to a static hostname in any of the many domains, allowing your

Router to be more easily accessed from various locations on the Internet.

Figure 4-58

To add a DDNS entry:

1.

Click the

Add

button (pop-up Figure 4-58), and then you will set the DDNS in the next screen

(shown in Figure 4-59).

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