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Chapter 5: Configuring the Router
- 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 termi-
nates.
- C onnect 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 confirm the
connection type your ISP provides, contact the ISP. The various types of Internet connections that the router can detect are
as follows:
- PPPoE—Connections using PPPoE that require a user name and password.
- Dynamic IP—Connections that use dynamic IP address assignment.
- Static IP—Connections that use static IP address assignment.
The router cannot detect PPTP/L2TP/Big Pond connections with your ISP. If your ISP uses one of these protocols, then you must
configure your connection manually.
5.4.2 LAN
Choose menu “Network —> LAN”, then you can configure the IP parameters of the LAN on the screen as below.
Figure 5-10. LAN Settings.
• MAC Address—The physical address of the router, as seen from the LAN. The value can't be changed.
• IP Address—Enter the IP address of your router or reset it in dotted-decimal notation (factory default: 192.168.1.1).
• Subnet Mask—An address code that determines the size of the network. Normally, networks use 255.255.255.0 as the subnet
mask.
