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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 27
3G Backup
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Enable 3G Backup
Select this option to have the VDSL Router use the 3G connection as your WAN
or a backup when the wired WAN connection fails.
Card Description
This field displays the manufacturer and model name of your 3G card if you
inserted one in the VDSL Router. Otherwise, it displays
N/A
.
3G Status
This field displays:
•
NoDevice
when no 3G card is inserted,
•
Disabled
when the 3G WAN is not activated,
•
Up
when the 3G connection is up,
•
Down
when the 3G connection is down,
•
NoResponse
when there is no response from the inserted 3G card,
•
InvalidPIN
if the PIN code you entered in the
WAN > 3G Backup
screen
is not the right one for the 3G card you inserted,
•
NeedPUK
if you enter the PIN (Personal Identification Number) code
incorrectly for three times and the SIM card is blocked by your ISP,
•
DialFail
when the VDSL Router fails to dial up a 3G connection.
•
or
InvalidSIM
when the SIM card is damaged or not inserted.
Username
Type the user name (of up to 70 ASCII printable characters) given to you by
your service provider.
Password
Type the password (of up to 70 ASCII printable characters) associated with the
user name above.
Dial string
Enter the phone number (dial string) used to dial up a connection to your
service provider’s base station. Your ISP should provide the phone number.
For example, *99# is the dial string to establish a GPRS or 3G connection in
Taiwan.
APN
Enter the APN (Access Point Name) provided by your service provider.
Connections with different APNs may provide different services (such as
Internet access or MMS (Multi-Media Messaging Service)) and charge method.
You can enter up to 31 ASCII printable characters. Spaces are allowed.
Connection
Select
Nailed Up
if you do not want the connection to time out.
Select
on Demand
if
you do not want the connection up all the time and
specify an idle time-out in the
Max Idle Timeout
field.
Max Idle
Timeout
This value specifies the time in minutes that elapses before the VDSL Router
automatically disconnects from the ISP.
0
means the Internet session will not timeout.
Obtain an IP
Address
Automatically
Select this option If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address.
Use the following
static IP address
Select this option If the ISP assigned a fixed IP address.
IP Address
Enter your WAN IP address in this field if you selected
Use the following
static IP address
.
Obtain DNS info
dynamically
Select this to have the VDSL Router get the DNS server addresses from the ISP
automatically.
Use the following
static DNS IP
address
Select this to have the VDSL Router use the DNS server addresses you
configure manually.
Primary DNS
server
Enter the first DNS server address assigned by the ISP.