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Chapter 10 Interfaces
Table 51 Network > Interface > PPP > Edit > Configuration (continued)
LABEL
Interface
Properties
Interface
Name
Base Interface
Description
Connectivity
Nailed-Up
Dial-on-
Demand
ISP Setting
Account Profile Select the ISP account that this PPPoE/PPTP interface uses. The drop-
Protocol
User Name
Service Name
IP Address
Assignment
Get
Automatically
Use Fixed IP
Address
IP Address
Metric
Interface
Parameters
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DESCRIPTION
This field is read-only and displays the name of the PPP interface. The
format is the name of the physical port followed by "ppp". For
example, "wan1_pppoe".
This field is read-only and displays the name of the interface upon
which this PPP interface is built.
Enter a description of this interface. It is not used elsewhere. You can
use alphanumeric and
()+/:=?!*#@$_%-
up to 60 characters long.
Select this if the PPPoE/PPTP connection should always be up. Clear
this to have the ZyWALL establish the PPPoE/PPTP connection only
when there is traffic. You might use this option if a lot of traffic needs
to go through the interface or it does not cost extra to keep the
connection up all the time.
Select this to have the ZyWALL establish the PPPoE/PPTP connection
only when there is traffic. You might use this option if there is little
traffic through the interface or if it costs money to keep the
connection available.
down box lists ISP accounts by name. Select Create Object to create
a new ISP account (see
This field is read-only. It displays the protocol specified in the ISP
account.
This field is read-only. It displays the user name for the ISP account.
This field is read-only. It displays the PPPoE service name specified in
the ISP account. This field is blank if the ISP account uses PPTP.
Click Advanced to display more settings. Click Basic to display fewer
settings.
Select this if this interface is a DHCP client. In this case, the DHCP
server configures the IP address automatically. The subnet mask and
gateway are always defined automatically in PPPoE/PPTP interfaces.
Select this if you want to specify the IP address manually.
This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.
Enter the IP address for this interface.
Enter the priority of the gateway (the ISP) on this interface. The
ZyWALL decides which gateway to use based on this priority. The
lower the number, the higher the priority. If two or more gateways
have the same priority, the ZyWALL uses the one that was configured
first.
characters, and it can be
Chapter 44 on page 687
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for details).