C
HAPTER
4
| Configuring the Router
Network
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Connect on Demand
- In this mode, the Internet connection can be
terminated automatically after a specified inactivity period (Max Idle
Time) and be re-established when you attempt to access the Internet
again. If you want your Internet connection keeps active all the time,
please enter “0” in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise, enter the
number of minutes you want to have elapsed before your Internet
access disconnects.
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Connect Automatically
- The connection can be re-established
automatically when it was down.
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Time-based Connecting
- The connection will only be established in
the period from the start time to the end time (both are in HH:MM
format).
N
OTE
:
Only when you have configured the system time on System Tools ->
Time page, will the Time-based Connecting function can take effect.
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Connect Manually
- You can click the Connect/ Disconnect button to
connect/disconnect immediately. This mode also supports the Max Idle
Time function as Connect on Demand mode. The Internet connection
can be disconnected automatically after a specified inactivity period and
re-established when you attempt to access the Internet again.
C
AUTION
:
Sometimes the connection cannot be terminated although you
specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the
Internet continually in the background.
4.
If you want to do some advanced configurations, please click the
Advanced button, and the page shown in
will then appear: