Allied Telesis AT-AR236E - Manual (Page 12)

Following is a description of the different options:
a. Username: The username for the PPPoA access; this is provided by your DSL
service provider or your ISP.
b. Password: The password for the PPPoA access; this is provided by your DSL service
provider or your ISP.
c. On-Demand: Enables on-demand mode. The connection will disconnect if no activity
is detected after the specified idle timeout value.
d. Idle Timeout: Specifies that PPPoA connection should disconnect if the link has no
activity detected for n seconds. This field is used in conjunction with the On-Demand
feature. To ensure that the link is always active, enter a 0 in this field.
e. Keep Alive: When on-demand option is not enable, this value specifies the time to
wait without being connected to your provider before terminating the connection. To
ensure that the link is always active, enter a 0 in this field.
f. Set Route: Specify this connection as the default-route.
g. MRU: Maximum Receive Unit the DSL connection can receive. It is a negotiated
value that asks the provider to send packets of no more than n bytes. The maximum
specified value is 1500 although some DSL/ISP providers require a larger value. The
minimum MRU value is 128.
Figure 5 (PPPoA Connection Setup)
To complete the connection you must now click the apply button. The apply button will
temporarily save this connection. To make the change permanent you need to click on Save
Setting (at the side of the page). At the system commands page, click on Save All.
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