ZyXEL Communications NBG-415N - Manual (Page 49)

ZyXEL NBG-415N User’s Guide
49 Chapter 4 WAN
The following table describes the related fields in this screen.
4.2.5 WAN Connection: L2TP
If your ISP uses L2TP protocol for Internet access, select L2TP in the WAN Mode field.
Table 16 Basic: WAN: PPTP
LABEL DESCRIPTION
MODES
WAN Select PPTP if your ISP gives you Internet access account information (such as
the username and password).
PPTP WAN MODE
Address Mode Select Dynamic IP If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address. This is the
default selection.
Select Static IP If your ISP assigned a fixed IP address. The set the following
fields.
PPTP IP Address This field is applicable if you select Static IP in the Address Mode field.
Enter the IP address that your ISP gave you. This should be a static, public IP
address.
PPTP Subnet
Mask
This field is applicable if you select Static IP in the Address Mode field.
Enter the subnet mask for the IP address.
PPTP Gateway IP
Address
This field is applicable if you select Static IP in the Address Mode field.
Enter the IP address of the router through which this WAN connection will send
traffic (the default gateway).
PPTP Server IP
Address (may be
same as gateway)
Type the IP address of the PPTP server.
User Name Type the user name given to you by your ISP. You can use alphanumeric and -
_@$./ characters, and it can be up to 31 characters long.
Password Type the password associated with the user name above. Use up to 64 ASCII
characters except the [, ] and ?. This field can be blank.
Verify Password Type your password again for confirmation.
Reconnect Mode Specify how you want to re-establish an Internet connection after the idle timeout.
Select Always On when you want your connection up all the time. The ZyXEL
Device will try to bring up the connection automatically if it is disconnected.
Select On Demand when you don't want the connection up all the time and
specify an idle time-out in the Maximum Idle Timeout field.
Select Manual when you want to manually re-establish the connection if it is
disconnected.
Maximum Idle
Time
This value specifies the time in seconds that elapses before the ZyXEL Device
automatically disconnects from the PPPoE server.