C O N F I G U R E T H E I S P P R O F I L E
In the following configuration screen, as with the usual convention, radio buttons are used to
make a selection when only one out of multiple mutually exclusive choices can be selected, while
square check boxes can be used to select multiple non-mutually-exclusive choices.
When configuring the device for Internet access, decide which one of the following multiple
choices to select (through radio buttons):
1. You can use a static IP address provided by your ISP to connect to the Internet. In this case,
you need to configure the following information:
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IP Address Assigned by Your ISP: the IP address of the WAN interface of your router.
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IP Subnet Mask: the IP subnet mask of the WAN interface of your router.
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ISP Gateway IP Address: the IP address of your ISP’s Gateway.
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DNS IP Address: the IP address of the DNS server.
2. You use the user name and password assigned by your ISP to connect to the Internet
(required for the underlying PPPoE protocol). In this case, you need to configure the
following information:
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User Name: the username of your ISP account.
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Password: the password of your ISP account.
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Service Name: the service name of your ISP account
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Connection Type: There are 3 options for this option.
Always on: the connection is always on no matter there is traffic or not. If the connection
is lost (e.g. the PPPoE server is down or the ADSL/Cable line is disconnected), the
connection will be brought up right after the connection is recovered.
Demand Dialing: the connection will be brought up only when there is traffic. That is, it
requires an outgoing packet to trigger the connection.
Manual: Users have to bring up and take down the connection manually.
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MTU/MRU: This is to set the values of MTU (Maximum Transmit Unit) and MRU
(Maximum Receive Unit) that is used between the 802.11 a+g Router and the ISP device
at the other side. Users are not encouraged to change these values unless you know what
you are doing.
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Session Type: There are 3 options for this setting.
Normal: This option only supports one PPPoE session.
Unnumbered Link: This option can let your LAN be a public IP subnet. That is, PC’s on
the LAN can be configured with public IP addresses provided by your ISP. You can put
your own servers on the LAN, and then people on the Internet can access these servers.
The source IP address of the traffic from these PC’s to the Internet is not modified (i.e.
NAT is not applied) either. If you still want to keep a private LAN, you can check the
Maintain Private LAN setting and enter the IP Address and IP Subnet Mask of your
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