3Com 3CR858-91 User Guide - Page 46

PPTP Server Address, User ID, Password, Retype Password, Idle Timeout, Get IP by DHCP, Release, Renew

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46 CHAPTER 5: ROUTER CONFIGURATION PPTP To configure the PPTP connection for your Router: 1 Select PPTP and then click Next. The PPTP screen displays (see Figure 27). Figure 27 Internet Settings - PPTP Screen 2 Enter your PPTP server address in the PPTP Server Address text box. 3 Enter your PPTP user name in the User ID text box. 4 Enter your PPTP password in the Password text box, and enter it again in the Retype Password text box. 5 Type in an Idle Timeout. This is the amount of time you want the PPTP Server to remain inactive before the session is ended. 6 Either: ■ Check the Get IP by DHCP check box if you want to obtain the IP information from a DHCP Server on the network. With this check box enabled, you can click Release to release the WAN IP Address for the Router, or click Renew to renew the current WAN IP Address, using DHCP. Or: ■ If your ISP has provided you with IP address information, enter the IP Address, Subnet Mask and Default Gateway in the text boxes provided, or 7 Check all of your settings, and then click Apply.

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46
C
HAPTER
5: R
OUTER
C
ONFIGURATION
PPTP
To configure the PPTP connection for your Router:
1
Select
PPTP
and then click
Next
. The PPTP screen displays (see
Figure 27
).
Figure 27
Internet Settings - PPTP Screen
2
Enter your PPTP server address in the
PPTP Server Address
text box.
3
Enter your PPTP user name in the
User ID
text box.
4
Enter your PPTP password in the
Password
text box, and enter it again in
the
Retype Password
text box.
5
Type in an
Idle Timeout
. This is the amount of time you want the PPTP
Server to remain inactive before the session is ended.
6
Either:
Check the
Get IP by DHCP
check box if you want to obtain the IP
information from a DHCP Server on the network.
With this check box enabled, you can click
Release
to release the WAN
IP Address for the Router, or click
Renew
to renew the current WAN IP
Address, using DHCP.
Or:
If your ISP has provided you with IP address information, enter the
IP
Address, Subnet Mask
and
Default Gateway
in the text boxes
provided, or
7
Check all of your settings, and then click
Apply
.