Pptp encapsulation, 2 pptp encapsulation – ZyXEL Communications Prestige 314 PLUS User Manual

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Prestige 314 PLUS Broadband Sharing Gateway with 4-Port Switch

Internet Access

3-11

The following table describes this screen.

Table 3-6 Internet Access Setup Menu Fields

FIELD DESCRIPTION

ISP’s Name

Enter the name of your Internet Service Provider, e.g., myISP. This
information is for identification purposes only.

Encapsulation

Press the [SPACE BAR] and then press [ENTER] to choose Ethernet. The
encapsulation method influences your choices for IP Address.

Service Type This is applicable only when you choose Ethernet as your encapsulation

method. Press the [SPACE BAR] to select Standard, RR-Toshiba
(RoadRunner Toshiba authentication method), RR-Manager (RoadRunner
Manager authentication method) or RR-Telstra (RoadRunner Telstra
authentication method). Choose a RoadRunner service type if your ISP is
Time Warner's RoadRunner; otherwise choose Standard.

Note: xDSL users must choose the Standard option only. The Server IP, My Login IP and My
Password
fields are not applicable in this case.

My Login Enter the login name given to you by your ISP.

My Password Enter the password associated with the login name above.

Login Server IP The Prestige will find the RoadRunner Server IP if this field is left blank. If it

does not, then you must enter the authentication server IP address.

IP Address Assignment

If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address, select Dynamic, otherwise
select Static and enter the IP address & subnet mask in the following fields.

IP Address Enter the (fixed) IP address assigned to you by your ISP (Static IP Address

Assignment is selected in the previous field).

IP Subnet Mask Enter the subnet mask associated with your static IP.

Gateway IP Address Enter the gateway IP address associated with your static IP.

Network Address
Translation

Refer to the following chapter for a more detailed discussion on the Single
User Account and NAT. Options are SUA only, Full Feature or None.

Once you have finished configuring a rule in this menu, press [ENTER] at the message “Press ENTER to
Confirm…” to save your configuration, or press [ESC] to cancel.

3.3.2 PPTP Encapsulation

Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables transfer of data from a remote
client to a private server, creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using TCP/IP-based networks.

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