ZyXEL Communications MAX208M2W SERIES, User Manual

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Chapter 7 Network Setting
MAX208M2W Series User ’ s Guide
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This screen contains the following fields:
Table 23
PPPoE
LABEL DESCRIPTION
User Name Enter the username for PPPoE login into the WAN network.
Password Enter the password for PPPoE login into the WAN network.
Retype
Password Retype the password to confirm it.
Auth Protocol Select a PPPoE authentication protocol. The MAX208M2W Series
supports the following:
• CHAP - The Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP)
uses PPP to authenticate remote devices using a three-way
handshake and shared secret verification.
• PAP - Password Authentication Protocol uses unencrypted plaintext
to send a passwords for authentication over the network. It ’ s
probably not a good idea to rely on this for security.
• MS-CHAP v1/2 -This is Microsoft ’ s variant of Challenge Handshake
Authentication Protocol (CHAP). It allows for mutual authentication
between devices.
MPPE
Encryption Use this option to enable or disable authentication through Microsoft
Point-To-Point Encryption (MPPE) protocol.through Microsoft Point-To-
Point Encryption (MPPE) protocol.
MPPE Stateful Use this option to allow or disallow the MAX208M2W Series to use the
Microsoft Point-To-Point Encryption (MPPE) protocol for stateful peer
negotiation.
Idle Timeout Enter the number of second the MAX208M2W Series waits during
authentication before timing out.
AC Name Enter the access concentrator name for the PPPoE interface if your ISP
uses an AC PPPoE service.
DNS Overwrite Use this option to allow or disallow the MAX208M2W Series to overwrite
DNS static DNS entries on client devices.
Connection
Trigger Set whether the MAX208M2W Series is persistently connected to the
WAN (
AlwaysOn ) or you must click the PPPoE Connect button each
time you want to get on the WAN ( Manual ).
Connection
Timeout Enter in seconds the duration the MAX208M2W Series waits for idle
activity before disconnecting from the WAN.
PPPoE Connect Click this to connect to the WAN using PPPoE.
PPPoE
Disconnect Click this to disconnect from the WAN.