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Chapter 5 WAN Setup

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See

Section 5.1 on page 53

for more information.

Figure 22

Advanced Setup > WAN

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 12

Advanced Setup > WAN

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Port/VPI/VCI

This field displays the WAN connection’s DSL port, Virtual Path

Identifier, and Virtual Channel Identifier. The DSL port is always 0

because the DSL ports are bonded into a single logical port.

VLAN Mux.

This field shows whether or not VLAN multiplexing is enabled. VLAN

multiplexing allows multiple separate WAN connections within the

same PVC.

Con. ID

This is the number of the WAN connection.

Category

This is the ATM traffic class the WAN connection is using.

Service

This displays the connection type, DSL port, Virtual Path Identifier,

and Virtual Channel Identifier. For the connection types, pppoe stands

for PPPoE, ipoa stands for IPoA, pppoa stands for PPPoA, mer stands

for MAC Encapsulated Routing, and br stands for bridging.

Interface

This field displays the name of the WAN connection, followed by the

DSL port, Virtual Path Identifier, and Virtual Channel Identifier.

Protocol

This is the type of network protocol the WAN interface is using for IP

over Ethernet.

IGMP

This is whether or not the WAN connection is using IGMP multicast (if

available).

QoS

This is whether or not packet level QoS is enabled for the WAN

connection.

State

This is whether or the WAN connection is enabled.

Remove

To remove a WAN connection, select its

Remove

check box and click

the

Remove

button.

Edit

Click this button to go to a screen where you can modify the WAN

connections settings.

Add

Click this button to go to a screen where you can configure settings

for a new WAN connection.

Remove

To remove a WAN connection, select its

Remove

check box and click

the

Remove

button.

Save/Reboot

Click this button to apply and save your changes. The ZyXEL Device

restarts.

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5.4

WAN ATM PVC Configuration and QoS

Click

Advanced Setup > WAN > Add

(or

Edit

) to open the following screen. Use

this screen to configure ATM PVC settings and enable or disable QoS. The screen

differs by the service category.

See

Section 5.1 on page 53

for more information.

Figure 23

Advanced Setup > WAN > Add

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 13

Advanced Setup > WAN > Add

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

ATM PVC

Configuration

The PORT (interface), VPI (Virtual Path Identifier) and VCI (Virtual

Channel Identifier) define an ATM PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit).

Refer to the appendix for more information.

VPI

Enter the VPI assigned to you for this WAN connection.

VCI

Enter the VCI assigned to you for this WAN connection.

VLAN Mux.

Select the check box to use VLAN multiplexing to allow multiple

separate protocols to use the same PVC. Selecting this enables IEEE

802.1q. Separate VLANs can be used to give different priorities to the

traffic from different ports.

802.1Q VLAN ID

When you enable VLAN multiplexing, type the VLAN ID that the ZyXEL

Device is to add to the traffic sent through this WAN connection.

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5.5

Connection Types

Be sure to use the connection type required by your ISP. Here is background

information on the connection types the ZyXEL Device supports.

5.5.1

PPPoA

PPPoA stands for Point to Point Protocol over ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5). A

PPPoA connection functions like a dial-up Internet connection. The ZyXEL Device

encapsulates the PPP session based on RFC1483 and sends it through an ATM PVC

(Permanent Virtual Circuit) to the Internet Service Provider’s (ISP) DSLAM (digital

access multiplexer). Please refer to RFC 2364 for more information on PPPoA.

Refer to RFC 1661 for more information on PPP.

Service Category

Select

UBR

(unspecified bit rate) for applications that are non-time

sensitive, such as e-mail. Use it with PCR if you want to specify a

maximum rate at which the sender can send cells.

Select

CBR

(constant bit rate) to specify fixed (always-on) bandwidth

for voice or data traffic.

Select

Realtime

VBR

for bursty traffic connections that require

closely controlled delay and delay variation (like video conferencing).

Use

Non Realtime

VBR

for bursty connections that do not require

closely controlled delay and delay variation (like non-time sensitive

data file transfers).

Peak Cell Rate

The Peak Cell Rate (PCR) is the maximum rate at which the sender

can send cells. PCR applies with all of the ATM traffic classes. Type a

number of (ATM) cells per second (1~255000).

Sustainable

Cell Rate

The Sustained Cell Rate (SCR) sets the average cell rate (long-term)

that can be transmitted. Type the SCR, which must be less than the

PCR. SCR applies with the

VBR

traffic classes. Type a number of

(ATM) cells per second. The SCR must be less than the PCR.

Maximum

Burst Size

The Maximum Burst Size (MBS) sets the maximum number of cells

that the port should handle without any discards. Type the MBS here

(1~1000000). MBS applies with the

VBR

traffic classes.

Enable Quality of

Service

Enable the (packet level) QoS if you need to provide improved

performance for certain classes of applications (like VoIP or video

conferencing).

Back

Click this to return to the previous screen.

Click this to go to the following screen.

Table 13

Advanced Setup > WAN > Add (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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5.5.2

PPPoE

PPPoE (Point to Point Protocol over Ethernet) provides access control and billing

functionality in a manner similar to dial-up services using PPP. The ZyXEL Device

bridges a PPP session over Ethernet (PPP over Ethernet, RFC 2516) from your

computer to an ATM PVC (Permanent Virtual Circuit) which connects to ADSL

Access Concentrator where the PPP session terminates. One PVC can support any

number of PPP sessions from your LAN. For more information on PPPoE, see the

appendices.

5.5.3

MER

MER (MAC Encapsulated Routing) is only implemented with the IP network

protocol. IP packets are routed between the Ethernet interface and the WAN

interface and then formatted so that they can be understood in a bridged

environment. For instance, it encapsulates routed Ethernet frames into bridged

ATM cells.

5.5.4

IPoA

IPoA (Internet Protocol over ATM) in RFC 1483 describes two methods for

Multiprotocol Encapsulation over ATM Adaptation Layer 5 (AAL5). The first method

allows multiplexing of multiple protocols over a single ATM virtual circuit (LLC-

based multiplexing) and the second method assumes that each protocol is carried

over a separate ATM virtual circuit (VC-based multiplexing). Please refer to the

RFC for more detailed information.

5.5.5

Bridging

With bridging the ZyXEL Device has a static IP address for the connection. The

ZyXEL Device passes traffic through to another device (a computer or router for

example) that handles authenticating with the ISP.

5.6

Encapsulation

There are two conventions to identify what protocols the virtual circuit (VC) is

carrying. Be sure to use the encapsulation method required by your ISP.

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5.6.1

LLC-based Encapsulation

In this case one VC carries multiple protocols with protocol identifying information

being contained in each packet header. Despite the extra bandwidth and

processing overhead, this method may be advantageous if it is not practical to

have a separate VC for each carried protocol, for example, if charging heavily

depends on the number of simultaneous VCs.

5.6.2

VC-based Encapsulation

In this case, by prior mutual agreement, each protocol is assigned to a specific

virtual circuit; for example, VC1 carries IP, etc. VC-based multiplexing may be

dominant in environments where dynamic creation of large numbers of ATM VCs is

fast and economical.

5.7

WAN Connection Type and Encapsulation

Mode

This is the second WAN setup add (or edit) screen. Use this screen to configure

WAN connection type and encapsulation mode.

Figure 24

Advanced Setup > WAN > Add (2)

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