Cisco Small Business RV315W Administration Manual page 42

Port Management
Configuring WAN
STEP 5
Cisco RV315W Broadband Wireless VPN Router Administration Guide
Keep Alive: Choose this option to keep the connection always on,
regardless of the level of activity. This option is recommended if you pay
a flat fee for your Internet service. You can specify the interval to
automatically reestablish the WAN connection after the connection is
down. The default value is 30 seconds.
• L2TP: Choose this option if you want to use Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
(L2TP) to connect to the Internet, and use the necessary information from
your ISP to complete the L2TP configuration:
- Auto Get IP (DHCP): Click Enable to automatically obtain an IP address
from your service provider, or click Disable to disable this feature.
- L2TP Server IP Address: Enter the IP address of the L2TP server.
- Username: Enter the username that is required to log into the L2TP
server.
- Password: Enter the password that is required to log into the L2TP
server.
- Enable DNS Server: Click Enable to enable the DNS server, or click
Disable to disable this feature.
- Primary DNS Server: Enter the IP address of the primary DNS server.
- Secondary DNS Server: Enter the IP address of the secondary DNS
server.
- Keep Alive: Choose one of the following options:
Connect on Demand: Let the RV315W disconnect from the Internet after
a specified period of inactivity (Idle Time). This option is recommended if
your ISP fees are based on the time that you spend online. Enter the idle
time in the Maximum Idle Time field. The default value is 300 seconds.
Keep Alive: Keep the connection always on, regardless of the level of
activity. This option is recommended if you pay a flat fee for your Internet
service. You can specify the interval to automatically reestablish the WAN
connection after the connection is down. The default value is 30 seconds.
Specify other settings if Route Mode is selected:
• Enable NAT: Click Enable to enable NAT, or click Disable to disable NAT.
Disable this feature if the WAN connection is only used for management
purposes.
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