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L2TP, L2TP Server Address

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72 CHAPTER 5: ROUTER CONFIGURATION L2TP Figure 51 L2TP Setup Screen Check with your ISP to make sure they support L2TP. To set up the Router for use with an L2TP connection, use the following procedure: 1 Select L2TP (used by some European providers) in the IP Allocation Mode field. 2 Enter your L2TP server address in the L2TP Server Address text box. 3 Enter your L2TP user name in the L2TP User Name text box. 4 Enter your L2TP password in the L2TP Password text box. 5 Enter your Primary DNS Address and Secondary DNS Address. Your ISP may provide you with primary and secondary DNS addresses. If they have been provided, enter the addresses in the appropriate text boxes. If not, leave 0.0.0.0 in the boxes. 6 Enter the MTU value supplied by your ISP. If you do not know this, leave it at the default value. The default is 1440. 7 Select an idle time from the Maximum Idle Time drop-down list. This value will correspond to the amount of idle time (no Internet activity) that will pass before the Router automatically ends your PPTP session. 8 IP settings must be used when establishing an L2TP connection. To obtain an IP address, either:

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72
C
HAPTER
5: R
OUTER
C
ONFIGURATION
L2TP
Figure 51
L2TP Setup Screen
Check with your ISP to make sure they support L2TP.
To set up the Router for use with an L2TP connection, use the following
procedure:
1
Select
L2TP (used by some European providers)
in the
IP Allocation Mode
field.
2
Enter your L2TP server address in the
L2TP Server Address
text box.
3
Enter your L2TP user name in the
L2TP User Name
text box.
4
Enter your L2TP password in the
L2TP Password
text box.
5
Enter your
Primary DNS Address
and
Secondary DNS Address
.
Your ISP may provide you with primary and secondary DNS addresses. If
they have been provided, enter the addresses in the appropriate text
boxes. If not, leave
0.0.0.0
in the boxes.
6
Enter the
MTU
value supplied by your ISP. If you do not know this, leave it
at the default value. The default is 1440.
7
Select an idle time from the
Maximum Idle Time
drop-down list.
This value will correspond to the amount of idle time (no Internet activity)
that will pass before the Router automatically ends your PPTP session.
8
IP settings must be used when establishing an L2TP connection. To obtain
an IP address, either: