Motorola WS2000 - Wireless Switch - Network Management Device System Reference Manual page 58

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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 some 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 person logging in uses secret information and some
special mathematical operations to come up with a number value. The server he or she is
logging into knows the same secret value and performs the same mathematical operations.
If the results match, the person is authorized to access the server. One of the numbers in
the mathematical operation is changed after every login, to protect 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 user name and password over a network to
a computer that compares the user name and password to a table listing authorized users.
This method of authentication is less secure, because the user name and password travel
as clear text that a hacker could read.
6. Click the Apply
7. Once connected, the
Primary DNS Server
to instruct the switch to continue occasional communications over the WAN even
button to save changes.
PPPoE State section will display the provided
and Secondary DNS Server
PAP or CHAP.
IP Address, Default Gateway,