ADSL ROUTER
USER MANUAL
13
Authentication method
is default to
Auto
. It is recommended that you leave the
Authentication method
in
Auto
, however, you may select
PAP
or
CHAP
if necessary.
The default value for MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) is
1500
for PPPoA and
1492
for PPPoE. Do not change these values unless your ISP asks you to.
The gateway can be configured to disconnect if there is no activity for a specific period
of time by selecting the
Dial on demand
check box and entering the
Inactivity timeout
.
The entered value must be between 1 minute and 4320 minutes.
The
PPP IP Extension
is a special feature deployed by some service providers. Unless
your service provider specifically requires this setup, do not select it. If you need to
select it, the PPP IP Extension supports the following conditions:
It allows only one computer on the LAN.
The public IP address assigned by the remote using the PPP/IPCP
protocol is actually not used on the WAN PPP interface. Instead, it is
forwarded to the computer's LAN interface through DHCP. Only one
system on the LAN can be connected to the remote, since the DHCP
server within the ADSL gateway has only a single IP address to
assign to a LAN device.
NAPT and firewall are disabled when this option is selected.
The gateway becomes the default gateway and DNS server to the
computer through DHCP using the LAN interface IP address.
The gateway extends the IP subnet at the remote service provider to
the LAN computer. That is, the PC becomes a host belonging to the
same IP subnet.
The ADSL gateway bridges the IP packets between WAN and LAN
ports, unless the packet is addressed to the gateway's LAN IP
address.
7. Select a preferred wan interface as the system default gateway.
