Billion Electric Company BIPAC 8501 - Manual (Page 41)

SHDSL VPN Firewall Bridge/Router
Chapter 4: Configuration
PPPoA Routed Connections
Description: User-definable name for the connection.
VPI/VCI: Enter the information provided by your ISP.
ATM Class: The Quality of Service for ATM layer.
NAT: The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the Internet through
a single IP account, sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN have public IP addresses and can
access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be disabled.
Username: Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128 alphanumeric characters
(case sensitive). This will usually be in the format of “username@ispname” instead of simply “username”.
Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128 alphanumeric characters
(case sensitive).
IP Address: Specify an IP address allowed to logon and access the router’s web server..
Note: IP 0.0.0.0 indicates all users who are connected to this router are allowed to logon the device and modify
data.
Authentication Protocol Type: Default is Chap (Auto). Your ISP will advise you whether to use Chap or
Pap.
Connection:
Always on: If you want the router to establish a PPPoA session when starting up and to
automatically re-establish the PPPoA session when disconnected by the ISP.
Connect on Demand: If you want to establish a PPPoA session only when there is a packet
requesting access to the Internet (i.e. when a program on your computer attempts to access the
Internet).
Idle Timeout: Auto-disconnect the broadband firewall gateway when there is no activity on the line for a
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