Outgoing Authentication Protocol - ZyXEL Communications Prestige 642 User Manual

Prestige 642 ADSL Internet Access Router
Field
Route
Bridge
Edit PPP Options
Rem IP Addr
Edit IP/IPX/Bridge
Session Option:
Edit Filter Sets
PPPoE Idle
Timeout(sec)=
PPPoE Service Name
Once you have completed filling in Menu 11.1 – Remote Node Profile, press [ENTER] at the message
[Press ENTER to Confirm...] to save your configuration, or press [Esc] at any time to cancel.

4.1.3 Outgoing Authentication Protocol

Generally speaking, you should employ the strongest authentication protocol possible, for obvious reasons.
However, some vendor's implementation includes specific authentication protocol in the user profile. It
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Description
CHAP/PAP - Your Prestige will accept either CHAP or
PAP when requested by this remote node.
CHAP - accept CHAP only.
PAP - accept PAP only.
This field determines the protocols that your Prestige will
route.
Bridging is used for protocols that the Prestige does not
support, e.g., SNA, or not turned on in the previous Route
field. When bridging is enabled, your Prestige will forward
any packet that it does not route to this remote node;
otherwise, the packets are discarded. Press space bar to
toggle the options.
To edit the PPP options for this remote node, move the
cursor to this field, use the space bar to select Yes and
press [ENTER]. This will bring you to Menu 11.2 - Remote
Node PPP Options. For more information on configuring
PPP options, see the section Editing PPP Options. Press
space bar to toggle Yes then press [ENTER].
Enter the IP address of the remote gateway.
Press the space bar to select Yes and press ENTER to go
to Menu 11.3 - Remote Node Network Layer Options menu.
Use the space bar to toggle this field to Yes and press
[ENTER] to open Menu 11.5 to edit the filter sets. See the
Remote Node Filter section for more details.
This value specifies the number of idle seconds that elapse
before the Prestige automatically disconnects the PPPoE
session.
This is valid only when you have chosen PPPoE
encapsulation. If you are using PPPoE encapsulation, then
type the name of your PPPoE service here.
Options
CHAP/PAP
CHAP
PAP
Yes or No
Yes or No
Default=
No
100
(default)
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Remote Node Configuration