RAD Data comm BLW-04EX - Manual (Page 18)

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PPP over Ethernet
E nter t he PPPoE us er n am e an d pass word ass ig ned by yo ur Serv ice
Provider. The Service Name is normally optional, but may be required by
some service providers.
The MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) governs the maximum size of the
d ata packets . Leave t his on t he defaul t value (1492 ) unl ess you have a
particular reason to change it.
Enter a Maximum Idle Time (in minutes) to define a maximum period of
time for which the Internet connection is maintained during inactivity. If the
connection is inactive for longer than the Maximum Idle Time, it will be
dropped. Enable the Auto-reconnect option to automatically re-establish the
connection when an application attempts to access the Internet again.
IP Address Pool
A dynamic IP start address may be specified by the user, e.g. 192.168.1.100
(default value). Once this start IP address has been assigned, IP addresses
running from 192.168.1.100 to 192.168.1.199 will be part of the dynamic IP
add ress poo l. IP addres ses from 19 2. 168 .1 .2 t o 1 92. 16 8. 1.9 9, and
192.168.1.200 to 192.168.1.254 will be available as static IP addresses.
Remember not to include the address of the BLW-04EX in the client address
pool. Also remember to configure your client PCs for dynamic IP address
allocation.
WAN
Sp eci fy the WAN co nnect io n typ e pro vided b y your Int ernet Servi ce
P r o v i d e r, then click “More Configuration” to enter detailed confi guration
parameters for the selected connection type.