Atrie DB-120 User Manual
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n.
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.
o.
Maxfail: As long as a DSL connection is established, the gateway will attempt to
establish a PPPoE connection. If after n consecutive failed connection attempts the
gateway will wait for some random time before trying to establish the connection again.
A value of 0 means no limit.
p.
Set Route: Specify this connection as the default-route.
q.
MRU: 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
MRU value is 128.
r.
Enforce MRU: 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 MRU by
changing TCP Maximum Segment Size to PPP MRU.
s.
Debug: Enables PPPoE connection debugging facilities. Debugging is talked about later.
Figure 6 (PPPOE Connection Setup)
To complete the connection you must now click the apply button. The apply button will temporarily
save this connection. To make the change permanent you need to click on
Tools
(at the top of the
page) and select
System Commands
. At the system commands page, click on
Save All
.
3.4.1.4
DHCP CONNECTION SETUP
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows the gateway to automatically obtain the IP
address from the server. This option is commonly used in situations where IP is dynamically assigned
and is not known prior to assignment.
To configure the gateway for a DHCP connection, click on Setup and then click on
New Connection
.
The default DHCP connection setup is displayed. At the Type field select
DHCP
and the DHCP
