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QXFXO4/QXISDN4/QXE1T1/QXFXS24 Manual II: Administrator’s Guide
The
Uplink Configuration
page allows you to select the QX
Gateway‘s WAN interface connection type and its bandwidth
settings. These settings will make QX Gateway available to the
external network.
Depending on the Uplink Interface Protocol selection, the page
following the
Uplink Configuration
page is different. Thus if
PPPoE
is selected, the next page will be
PPP Configuration
,
while selecting
Ethernet
will bring up the
WAN IP
Configuration
page.
The
Uplink
Configuration
page offers the following
components:
The
WAN Interface Protocol
radio buttons are used to choose
the protocol depending on the requirements of the ISP (Internet
Service Provider):
•
PPPoE
- turns on the PPP over an Ethernet connection.
Fig.II- 7: Internet Configuration Wizard - Uplink Configuration page
•
PPTP
– turns on the Point to Point Tunneling Protocol (
PPTP
) interface used for the connection between QX and ADSL modem. A fixed IP
address configuration is needed in this case.
•
Ethernet
- turns on the Ethernet connection.
The
WAN Interface Bandwidth
settings allow the specification of the upstream and downstream speeds in kbit/s, helping to assure the quality of IP calls.
An IP call looses the voice quality if there is no available bandwidth. When approaching the limits of bandwidth capacity, another IP call will be declined.
The bandwidth provided by the ISP has to be specified in the text fields
Upstream Speed
and
Downstream Speed
. The default entry in both fields is
100000, the maximum bandwidth of a 100 Mb Ethernet. You may see the required bandwidth in the chapter
The
Min Data Rate
text field requires the amount of upstream bandwidth that ought to remain for data applications even if voice applications use the
entire available upstream bandwidth. The value selected here needs to be smaller than the upstream bandwidth and is measured in kbit/s.
The
WAN IP Configuration
page is only displayed if
Ethernet
or
PPTP
has been selected to be the uplink protocol. It offers the following components:
The
Assign automatically via DHCP
radio-button selection
switches to automatic retrieval of the WAN IP address from a
DHCP server at the ISP/uplink.
Please Note:
DHCP referred to here is the one that runs on the
provider’s side and not the QX Gateway’s personal DHCP server.
The
Assign Manually
radio-button switches to the manual
adjustment of IP settings. This selection requests the following
parameters:
IP Address
requires the IP address for the
QX Gateway
WAN
interface.
Subnet Mask
requires the subnet mask for the
QX Gateway
device WAN interface.
Default Gateway
requires the IP address of the router where all
packets are to be sent to, for example, to the router of the
provider.
Fig.II- 8: Internet Configuration Wizard - WAN IP Configuration page
