Asus AAM6020VI-T4 User Manual
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b. Password: The password for the PPPoE access; this is provided by your DSL service provider
or your ISP.
c. On-Demand: Enables on-demand mode. The connection will disconnect if no activity is
detected after the specified idle timeout value.
d. Idle Timeout: Specifies that PPPoE connection should disconnect if the link has no activity
detected for n seconds. This field is used in conjunction with the On-Demand feature. To
ensure that the link is always active, enter a 0 in this field.
e. Keep Alive: When on-demand option is not enable, this value specifies the time to wait
without being connected to your provider before terminating the connection. To ensure that
the link is always active, enter a 0 in this field.
f. Set Route: Specify this connection as the default-route.
g. MRU: Maximum Receive Unit the DSL connection can receive. It is a negotiated value that
asks the provider to send packets of no more than n bytes. The maximum specified value is
1500 although some DSL/ISP providers require a larger value. The minimum MRU value is
128.
h. Enforce MRU: Check this box if you experience problems accessing the Internet over a
PPPoE connection. This feature will force all TCP traffic to conform with PPP MRU by
changing TCP Maximum Segment Size to PPP MRU.
i. Debug: Enables PPPoE connection debugging facilities. Debugging is talked about later.
Figure 6 (PPPOE Connection Setup)
To complete the connection you must now click the apply button. The apply button will temporarily save
this connection. To make the change permanent you need to click on Tools (at the top of the page) and
select System Commands. At the system commands page, click on Save All.
4.4.1.4 DHCP Connection Setup
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) allows the CPE to automatically obtain the IP address from
the server. This option is commonly used in situations where IP is dynamically assigned and is not known
prior to assignment.
To configure the CPE for a DHCP connection, click on Setup and then click on
New Connection
. The
default DHCP connection setup is displayed. At the Type field select
DHCP
and the DHCP connection