How To Complete The Wizard-Detected Login Account Setup - NETGEAR FWG114P Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the ProSafe Wireless 802.11g Firewall/Print Server Model FWG114P

How to Complete the Wizard-Detected Login Account Setup

If the Setup Wizard determines that your Internet service account uses a login protocol such as
PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE), you will be directed to a menu like the PPPoE menu in
Figure 3-8: Setup Wizard menu for PPPoE login accounts
Enter your Account Name (may also be called Host Name) and Domain Name. These
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parameters may be necessary to access your ISP's services such as mail or news servers. If you
leave the Domain Name field blank, the firewall will attempt to learn the domain
automatically from the ISP. If this is not successful, you may need to enter it manually.
Enter the PPPoE login user name and password provided by your ISP. These fields are case
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sensitive. If you wish to change the login timeout, enter a new value in minutes.
Note: You will no longer need to launch the ISP's login program on your computer in order to
access the Internet. When you start an Internet application, your firewall will automatically log
you in.
The Idle Timeout setting determines how long to wait after there is no activity before
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disconnecting from the Internet. This is useful in countries where Internet service charges are
based on the amount of time connected to the Internet. Whenever a computer on the network
requests access to the Internet the FWG114P will automatically reconnect.
3-10 Connecting the FWG114P to the Internet
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