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in this case the DSL service provider is using 8,35. Also select the quality of service (QOS); leave the default
value if you are unsure or the ISP did not provide this information.
Following is a description of the different options:
a.
Username: The username for the PPPoE access; this is provided by your DSL service provider or
your ISP.
b.
Password: The password for the PPPoE access; this is provided by your DSL service provider or
your ISP.
c.
On-Demand: Enables on-demand mode. The connection will disconnect if no activity is detected
after the specified idle timeout value.
d.
Idle Timeout: Specifies that PPPoE connection should disconnect if the link has no activity
detected for n seconds. This field is used in conjunction with the On-Demand feature. To ensure
that the link is always active, enter a 0 in this field.
e.
Keep Alive: When on-demand option is not enable, this value specifies the time to wait without
being connected to your provider before terminating the connection. To ensure that the link is
always active, enter a 0 in this field.
f.
Default gateway: Specify this connection as the default-route.
g.
MTU: Maximum Receive Unit the DSL connection can receive. It is a negotiated value that asks
the provider to send packets of no more than n bytes. The maximum specified value is 1500
although some DSL/ISP providers require a larger value. The minimum MTU value is 128.
h.
Enforce MTU: Check this box if you experience problems accessing the Internet over a PPPoE
connection. This feature will force all TCP traffic to conform with PPP MTU by changing TCP
Maximum Segment Size to PPP MTU.
i.
Debug: Enables PPPoE connection debugging facilities. Debugging is talked about later.
For example: the information the vendor provided.
VPI:0
VCI: 35
Type: PPPoE.
Username:username
Password: abcd
