C
HAPTER
4
| Configuring the Router
Network
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Connect Automatically
- Connect automatically after the Router is
disconnected. To use this option, click the radio button.
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Connect Manually
- You can configure the Router to make it connect
or disconnect manually. After a specified period of inactivity (Max Idle
Time), the Router will disconnect from your Internet connection, and
you will not be able to re-establish your connection automatically as
soon as you attempt to access the Internet again. To use this option,
click the radio button. If you want your Internet connection to remain
active at all times, enter "0" in the Max Idle Time field. Otherwise,
enter the number in minutes that you wish to have the Internet
connecting last unless a new link is requested.
C
AUTION
:
Sometimes the connection cannot be disconnected although you
specify a time to Max Idle Time, since some applications are visiting the
Internet continually in the background.
N
OTE
:
If you do not know how to choose the appropriate connection type,
click the Detect button to allow the Router to automatically search your
Internet connection for servers and protocols. The connection type will be
reported when an active Internet service is successfully detected by the
Router. This report is for your reference only. To make sure the connection
type your ISP provides, please refer to the ISP. The various types of
Internet connections that the Router can detect are as follows:
■
PPPoE - Connections which use PPPoE that requires a user name
and password.
■
Dynamic IP - Connections which use dynamic IP address
assignment.
■
Static IP - Connections which use static IP address assignment.
The Router can not detect PPTP/L2TP/BigPond connections with your ISP. If
your ISP uses one of these protocols, then you must configure your
connection manually.
MAC C
LONE
Choose menu “
Network->MAC Clone
”, you can configure the MAC
address of the WAN on the screen below,
Figure 38: MAC Address Clone