Connection To Isp - 3Com OFFICE CONNECT CABLE/DSL SECURE GATEWAY 3CR856-95 User Manual

Connection to ISP

This option, shown in Figure
method your Gateway uses to connect to your ISP. You should
only need to change these settings if:
you change your Internet connection password (PPPoE only),
or
your ISP informs you of a change in their settings or you
change ISPs.
Figure 33 Connection to ISP Screen
33, allows you to change the
Select the addressing method that your ISP uses to allocate your
Gateway's Internet IP address. Choose from the options in the IP
Allocation Mode drop-down box and the screen will refresh with
options relevant to that choice.
If you select Static IP address (to be specified manually) see
"Configuring a Static IP Address"
If you select Dynamic IP address (automatically allocated) see
"Configuring a Dynamic IP Address"
If you select PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) see
PPPoE connection"
If you select PPTP (used by some European providers) see
"Configuring a PPTP connection"
If you are using One to One NAT your method of connection will
already be fixed to Static. To change to another method of
address allocation you must first turn off One to One NAT. See
"Setting up NAT" on
39
on page 40.
on page 41.
"Configuring a
on page 42.
on page 43.
page 43.