Setting Up Point-To-Point Over Ethernet (Pppoe) Communication - Motorola WS2000 - Wireless Switch - Network Management Device System Reference Manual

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when servers in the LAN need to be accessed (addressed) by the outside world. The pop-up window
allows the administrator to enter up to eight WAN IP addresses for the switch.
• The Subnet Mask
• The Default Gateway
a cable modem or DSL router).
• The two DNS Server fields specify DNS addresses of servers that can translate domain names, such
as www.motorola.com, into IP addresses that the network uses when passing information. The
Secondary DNS Server
not responding.

Setting Up Point-to-Point over Ethernet (PPPoE) Communication

PPPoE provides the ability to connect a network of hosts through a simple device to a remote access
concentrator. Many DSL providers require that their clients communicate using this protocol. The facility
allows the ISP to control access, billing, and type of service provided to clients on a per-user or per-site basis.
Check with the network administrator or ISP to determine whether to enable this feature, and, if so, find out
the username and password required for authentication.
To set up PPP 0ver Ethernet, click on the
1. Check Enable
2. Enter the Username
the switch's router to use when connecting to the ISP. When the Internet session starts, the ISP
authenticates the username.
3. Set the Idle Time
connection will remain idle before it disconnects. 10000 seconds default idle time is appropriate for most
situations.
4. Check Keep Alive
when client communications to the WAN are idle. Some ISPs terminate inactive connections, while
others do not. In either case, enabling Keep-Alive mode keeps the switch's WAN connection alive, even
when there is no traffic. If the ISP drops the connection after reaching the maximum idle time, the switch
automatically reestablishes the connection to the ISP.
5. Select the appropriate WAN authentication method from the drop-down menu. Collect this information
from the network administrator. Select between None, PAP, CHAP, or
CHAP A type of authentication in which the user logging in uses a secret information and some special
mathematical operations to calculate a numerical value. The server, the user is logging into, knows
the same secret value and performs the same mathematical operations to arrive at a value. If the
values match, the user is authorized to access the server. One of the numbers used in the
mathematical operation is changed after every log-in. This is to protect the server against an intruder
secretly copying a valid authentication session and replaying it later to log in.
PAP An identity verification method used to send a username and password over a network to a computer
that compares the username and password to a table listing authorized users. This method of
authentication is less secure, because the username and password travel as clear text that a hacker
could read and use to launch an attack.
6. Click the Apply
is the mask used for the WAN.
is the address of the device that provides the connection to the WAN (often
acts as a backup to the
PPPoE
in the PPP over Ethernet area to enable the PPPoE protocol for high-speed connections.
and Password required for authentication. The username and password are for
in seconds to an appropriate number. This number is the amount of time the PPPoE
to instruct the switch to continue occasional communications over the WAN even
button to save changes.
Primary DNS Server
tab under the WAN screen.
when the primary server is
PAP or CHAP.