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WiFi 6 AX1800 Dual Band Wireless Access Point WAX204 5. Select the Yes radio button. The settings on the page change. 6. From the Internet Service Provider menu, select PPTP or L2TP as the encapsulation method. 7. In the Login field, enter the login name that your ISP gave you. This login name is often an email address. 8. In the Password field, enter the password that you use to log in to your Internet service. 9. If your ISP requires a service name, type it in the Service Name field. 10. From the Connection Mode menu, select Always On, Dial on Demand, or Manually Connect. 11. If you select Dial on Demand from the Connection Mode menu, in the Idle Timeout field, enter the number of minutes until the Internet login times out This is how long the router keeps the Internet connection active when no one on the network is using the Internet connection. A value of 0 (zero) means never log out. The default is 5 minutes. 12. If your ISP gave you fixed IP addresses and a connection ID or name, enter them in the My IP Address, Subnet Mask, Server Address, Gateway IP Address, and Connection ID/Name fields. If your ISP did not give you an IP addresses, a connection ID, or name, leave these fields blank. The connection ID or name applies to a PPTP service only. 13. Select a Domain Name Server (DNS) Address radio button: • Get Automatically from ISP. Your ISP uses DHCP to assign DNS servers to the access point. • Use These DNS Servers. If you know that your ISP requires specific servers, select this option. Enter the IP address of your ISP's primary DNS server. If a secondary DNS server address is available, enter it also. 14. Select a Router MAC Address radio button: • Use Default Address. Use the default access point MAC address that displays on the Dashboard page and is on the access point label. • Use Computer MAC Address. The access point captures and uses the MAC address of the computer that you are now using to change the settings. Sometimes an ISP allows the MAC address of a particular computer only. • Use This MAC Address. Enter a MAC address that must be used. Sometimes an ISP allows the MAC address of a particular computer only. Manually Set Up Internet 42 Settings User Manual