3 outgoing authentication protocol – ZyXEL Communications Prestige 643 User Manual

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Prestige 643 ADSL Router

Remote Node Configuration

4-5

FIELD DESCRIPTION

EXAMPLE

Bridge

Bridging is used for protocols that the Prestige does not
route, e.g. SNA, or not turned on in the previous Route
field. When bridging is enabled, your Prestige will
forward any packet that it does not route to this remote
node; otherwise, the packets are discarded. Choose
Yes to enable or No to disable the Bridge field.

Edit PPP Options

Choose Yes and press [

ENTER

] to edit PPP options.

This will display Menu 11.2 – Remote Node PPP
Options. For more information on configuring PPP
options, see the section titled Editing PPP Options.

Rem IP Addr

Enter the IP address of the remote gateway.

Edit IP/IPX/Bridge

Choose Yes and press [

ENTER

] to display Menu 11.3

– Remote Node Network Layer Options.

Session Options:

Edit Filter Sets

Choose Yes and press [

ENTER

] to open Menu 11.5 to

edit the filter sets. See the Remote Node Filter section
for more details.

PPPoE Idle Timeout (sec) This value specifies the number of idle seconds that

elapse before the Prestige automatically disconnects
the PPPoE session.

PPPoE Service Name This is valid only when you have chosen PPPoE

encapsulation. If you are using PPPoE encapsulation,
then type the name of your PPPoE service here.

Schedule Sets Type in the schedule set number(s), separated by

commas if more than 1 set, according to Menu 26
Schedule Setup. The maximum number of schedule
sets is 4.

1,3,4,6

Once you have completed filling in Menu 11.1 – Remote Node Profile, press [

ENTER

] at the message

“Press ENTER to Confirm …“ to save your configuration, or press [

ESC

] at any time to cancel.

4.1.3 Outgoing Authentication Protocol

Generally speaking, you should employ the strongest authentication protocol possible, for obvious reasons.
However, some vendor’s implementation includes specific authentication protocol in the user profile. It
will disconnect if the negotiated protocol is different from that in the user profile, even when the negotiated