Setting VLANs
If your WAN uplink is on a trunk port, choose
VLAN tagging > Use VLAN tagging
and enter the appropriate value for
VLAN ID
for your network.
Setting PPPoE
PPPoE authentication may be required if you are connecting MX device to a DSL circuit. You need to know your authentication option and credentials (supplied
by your ISP) in order to complete these steps.
• Choose
Connection Type > PPPoE.
• Select your
Authentication
option.
• If you select
Use authentication
, enter appropriate values for
Username
and
Password
.
Web Proxy Pettings
These settings take effect if the MX device has to fall back to using HTTP to contact the Cloud Controller. By default, web proxy is disabled. To enable web
proxy, do the following:
• Choose
Web proxy > Yes
.
• Enter values as appropriate for
Hostname or IP
and
Port
.
• If you require authentication, choose
Authentication > Use authentication
, and enter appropriate values
for
Username
and
Password
.
Configuring Physical link settings
To configure physical link settings on the Ethernet ports, click
Local status > Ethernet configuration
. You can enable half duplex, full duplex,
and autonegotiation, as well as set 10 or 100-Mbps data rates.
To apply all configuration settings to the appliance, be sure to click
Save Settings
at the bottom of the page.
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