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Connect, Monitor > Dynamic WAN, L2TP/PPTP, Use ISP-Specified IP, Use These DNS Servers

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Chapter 5 Network Tab Use ISP-Specified IP If your service provider give you an IP address along with the user name and password, Enable "Use ISP-specified IP" and enter the IP address, which is provided by your ISP. Use These DNS Servers If the ISP specifies a DNS server IP address for you, Enable Use These DNS Server, and fill the Primary DNS and Secondary DNS fields below. Otherwise, the DNS servers will obtain automatically from ISP. WAN MAC Address This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port. If your ISP binds the MAC address of your previous computer/router, please enter the correct MAC address into this field. The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X is any hexadecimal digit). Click Restore Factory MAC to restore the MAC address of WAN port to the factory default value. Your PC's MAC Address This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing the router. You can click Clone PC's MAC to set the WAN MAC address the same as your management PC's MAC. Click Connect to connect immediately. Click Disconnect to disconnect immediately. You can check and control the status of WAN connection on Monitor > Dynamic WAN page.  L2TP/PPTP The configuration steps of these two WAN connections are the same. Take L2TP as an example to introduce. Server IP/Name Enter the server IP address or the domain name given by your ISP. User Name/Password Connection Mode Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. These fields are casesensitive.  On Demand - You can configure the device to disconnect your Internet connection after a specified period of inactivity (Idle Time). If your Internet connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect on Demand enables the device to automatically re-establish your connection when you attempt to access the Internet again. The default Idle Time is 15 minutes. If - 42 -

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Chapter 5 Network Tab
Use ISP-Specified IP
If your service provider give you an IP address along with the user name and
password,
Enable
"Use ISP-specified IP" and enter the IP address, which is
provided by your ISP.
Use These DNS Servers
If the ISP specifies a DNS server IP address for you, Enable
Use These DNS Server
,
and fill the
Primary DNS
and
Secondary DNS
fields below. Otherwise, the DNS
servers will obtain automatically from ISP.
WAN MAC Address
This field displays the current MAC address of the WAN port. If your ISP binds the
MAC address of your previous computer/router, please enter the correct MAC
address into this field. The format for the MAC Address is XX-XX-XX-XX-XX-XX (X
is any hexadecimal digit). Click
Restore Factory MAC
to restore the MAC address
of WAN port to the factory default value.
Your PC’s MAC Address
This field displays the MAC address of the PC that is managing the router. You can
click
Clone PC’s MAC
to set the WAN MAC address the same as your
management PC’s MAC.
Click
Connect
to connect immediately. Click
Disconnect
to disconnect immediately. You can check and
control the status of WAN connection on
Monitor > Dynamic WAN
page
.
L2TP/PPTP
The configuration steps of these two WAN connections are the same. Take L2TP as an example to
introduce.
Server IP/Name
Enter the server IP address or the domain name given by your ISP.
User Name/Password
Enter the
User Name
and
Password
provided by your ISP. These fields are case-
sensitive.
Connection Mode
On Demand
-
You can configure the device to disconnect your Internet
connection after a specified period of inactivity (
Idle Time
). If your Internet
connection has been terminated due to inactivity, Connect
on Demand
enables the device to automatically re-establish your connection when you
attempt to access the Internet again. The default Idle Time is 15 minutes. If
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