Netopia Firmware 4000-Series - Manual (Page 42)

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Creating a New Connection Profile
Connection profiles are useful for configuring the connection and authentication settings for negotiating a PPP
connection on a DSL link. If you are using the PPP data link encapsulation method, you can store your
authentication information in the connection profile so that your user name and password (or host name and
secret) are transmitted when you attempt to connect.
Connection profiles define the networking protocols necessar y for the router to make a remote connection. A
connection profile is like an address book entr y describing how the router is to get to a remote site, or how to
recognize and authenticate a connection. To create a new connection profile, you navigate to the WAN
Configuration screen from the Main Menu, and select Add Connection Profile.
The Add Connection Profile screen appears.
On a Netopia Router you can add up to 15 more connection profiles, for a total of 16, but you can only use one
at a time, unless you are using VPNs.
1. Select Profile Name and enter a name for this connection profile. It can be any name you wish. For
example: the name of your ISP.
2. Toggle Profile Enabled to Yes or No. The default is Yes. You can toggle it to No, if you want to disable it
later.
3. Select Encapsulation Type and press Return. The pop-up menu offers the possible data link encapsulation
methods for connection profiles used for a variety of purposes: PPP, RFC1483, ATMP, PPTP, IPsec, or L2TP.
Main
Menu
WAN
Configuration
Add Connection
Profile
Add Connection Profile
Profile Name: Profile 1
Profile Enabled: Yes
Encapsulation Type... RFC1483
RFC1483 Mode... Bridged 1483
IP Profile Parameters...
COMMIT CANCEL
Return accepts * ESC cancels * Left/Right moves insertion point * Del deletes.
Configure a new Conn. Profile. Finished? COMMIT or CANCEL to exit.