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IP Address
Subnet Mask
Gateway
User ID
Password
L2TP Gateway
MTU
Connection Type
Idle Time
This is the IP address that your ISP has given you to
establish an L2TP connection.
Enter the subnet mask provided by your ISP
(e.g., 255.255.255.0).
Enter the IP address of the ISP gateway.
Enter the username provided by your ISP for the
PPTP connection.
Enter the Password provided by your ISP for the
PPTP connection
If your LAN has an L2TP gateway, then enter that
L2TP gateway IP address here. If you do not have an
L2TP gateway, enter the ISP's gateway IP address
above.
Enter the MTU value provided by your ISP.
If you select "Continuous," the router will always
connect to the ISP. If the WAN line breaks down and
links again, the router will auto-reconnect to the ISP.
If you select "Connect On Demand," the router will
auto-connect to the ISP when someone wants to use
the Internet and keep connected until the WAN idle
timeout. The router will close the WAN connection if
the time period that no one is using the Internet
exceeds the Idle Time.
If you select "Manual," the router will connect to the
ISP only when you click "Connect" manually from the
Web user interface. The WAN connection will not
disconnected due to the idle timeout. If the WAN line
breaks down and latter links again, the router will not
auto-connect to the ISP.
You can specify an idle time threshold (minutes) for
the WAN port. This means if no packets have been
sent (no one is using the Internet) throughout this
specified period, then the router will automatically
disconnect the connection with your ISP.
Note: This "idle timeout" function may not work due to
abnormal activities of some network application
software, computer viruses or hacker attacks from the
Internet. For example, some software sends network
packets to the Internet in the background, even when
you are not using the Internet. Turn off your computer
when you are not using it. This function also may not
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