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Chapter 10 Interface
Each field is explained in the following table.
Table 60 Network > Interface > PPPoE/PPTP > Edit
LABEL
PPP Interface
Properties
Enable
Interface Name
Nail_Up
Dial-on-Demand
Description
Base Interface
Account Profile
Protocol
User Name
Service Name
IP Address
Assignment
Get
Automatically
Use Fixed IP
Address
IP Address
Metric
Interface
Parameters
Upstream
Bandwidth
Downstream
Bandwidth
MTU
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DESCRIPTION
Select this to enable this interface. Clear this to disable this interface.
This field is read-only if you are editing the interface. Enter the name of the
bridge interface. The format is pppx, where x is 0 - 11. For example, ppp0, ppp7,
and so on.
Select this if the PPPoE/PPTP connection should always be up.
Select this if you want the ZyWALL to establish the PPPoE/PPTP connection
only when there is traffic. You might select this if there is little traffic through the
interface or if it costs money to keep the connection available.
Enter a description of this interface. It is not used elsewhere. You can use
alphanumeric and
()+/:=?!*#@$_%-
characters long.
Select the interface on which the PPPoE/PPTP interface runs. This interface
can be an Ethernet interface, VLAN interface, or bridge interface. PPPoE/PPTP
interfaces cannot run on Ethernet interfaces or VLAN interfaces that are used in
bridge interfaces, however.
Select the ISP account that this PPPoE/PPTP interface uses. The drop-down
box lists ISP accounts by name. Select Create Object to create a new ISP
account (see
Section 41.3 on page 564
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.
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.
Enter the maximum amount of traffic, in kilobits per second, the ZyWALL can
send through the interface to the network. Allowed values are 0 - 1048576.
This is reserved for future use.
Enter the maximum amount of traffic, in kilobits per second, the ZyWALL can
receive from the network through the interface. Allowed values are 0 - 1048576.
Maximum Transmission Unit. Type the maximum size of each data packet, in
bytes, that can move through this interface. If a larger packet arrives, the
ZyWALL divides it into smaller fragments. Allowed values are 576 - 1492.
Usually, this value is 1492.
characters, and it can be up to 60
for details).
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