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Chapter 2 Connection Wizard

NBG-419N User’s Guide

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2.3.5 Connection Type: L2TP

The Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) works at layer 2 (the data link layer) to
tunnel network traffic between two peer devices over another network (like the
Internet).

Figure 10

Internet Connection Type: L2TP

The following table describes the fields in this screen

PPTP Gateway IP
Address

Type the gateway IP address of the PPTP server.

PPTP Server IP
Address

Type the server IP address of the PPTP server.

User Name

Type the user name given to you by your ISP.

Password

Type the password associated with the User Name above.

Exit

Click this to close the wizard screen without saving.

Back

Click this to return to the previous screen.

Next

Click this to continue.

Table 5 Internet Connection Type: PPTP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Table 6 Internet Connection Type: L2TP

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Internet
Connection Type

Select L2TP from the drop-down list box.

Dynamic IP

Select this radio button if your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP
address.

Static IP

Select this radio button, provided by your ISP to give the NBG-419N a
fixed, unique IP address.

L2TP Address

Type the (static) IP address assigned to you by your ISP.

L2TP Subnet
Mask

Type the subnet mask assigned to you by your ISP (if given).