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D-Link DIR-100 User Manual

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DIR-100 Ethernet Broadband Router

Settings for PPTP conntections:

PPTP

Description

IP Address

Enter the IP address of the router into this field. This address must be

supplied to you by your ISP. This field will not be necessary to
configure if the Dynamic IP option is chosen above the configuring

field.

Subnet Mask

Enter the IP address of the Subnet Mask into this field. This address

must be supplied to you by your ISP. This field will not be necessary to
configure if the Dynamic IP option is chosen above the configuring

field.

Gateway

Enter the IP address of the gateway into this field. This address must

be supplied to you by your ISP. This field will not be necessary to
configure if the Dynamic IP option is chosen above the configuring

field.

DNS

Enter the IP address of the DNS. This field will not be necessary to

configure if the Dynamic IP option is chosen above the configuring
field.

Server IP/Name

Enter the Server IP address for this protocol into this field. This is the
IP address of the server computer that will be used, along with your

computer, to create the Virtual Private Network. This field must be
completed for both the Dynamic IP and Static IP options

PPTP Account

Enter the PPTP account name, provided to you by your ISP, here.

PPTP Password

Enter your password for this PPTP account here, as stated to you by

your ISP.

PPTP Retype

Password

Retype the password entered in the PPTP Password field.

Maximum Idle

Time

A value of 0 in this field means that the PPTP connection will remain

connected. If your network account is billed according to the amount of
time the Router is actually connected to the Internet, enter an

appropriate Idle Time value (in seconds). This will disconnect the
Router after the WAN connection has been idle for the amount of time

specified. The default value = 5.

MTU

This field refers to the Maximum Transfer Unit, which is the maximum

size of a packet, in bytes, that will be accepted by the router. The
default setting is 1460 bytes. This field should not be altered unless

instructed by your ISP.

Connect Mode

Select

This function, with Connect-on-demand selected, will allow the router

to connect any workstation on your LAN to the Internet upon request.
If this function is set at Always-on, no request from the workstation

will be needed to connect to the Internet. If Manual is selected, it will
be necessary for the workstation on the LAN to manually connect to the

Internet through this router.

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