Wan-Wide Area Network; Wan Interface - Billion BiPAC 7800NL User Manual

WAN-Wide Area Network

A WAN (Wide Area Network) is a computer network that covers a broad geographical area (eg.
Internet) that is used to connect LAN and other types of network systems. There are the items
within the WAN section:

WAN Interface

ATM
Layer2 Interface: 2 transfer mode, ATM or PTM.
The following is the interface listing table.
Click Add to add WAN interface.
VCI/VPI: enter the VCI/VPI from your ISP.
Link Type: select the link type (protocol), EOA, PPPoA, IPoA.
Connection Mode:
Default Mode: this mode only allows single service over one connection.
VLAN MUX Mode: this mode allows multiple services over one PVC.
The two modes can be different in WAN service configuration. And PPPoA and IPoA do not use
Ethernet frames for data transfer so they cannot work with VLAN Mux feature. Thus, Connection
WAN Interface and WAN Service.
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