Billion Electric Company BiPAC 8501/8521 - Manual (Page 60)

Billion BiPAC 8500/8501/8520/8521 SHDSL (VPN) Firewall Bridge/ Router
Chapter 4: Configuration
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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).
• Service Name: This item is for identification purposes. If it is required, your ISP will
provide you the information. Maximum input is 20 alphanumeric characters.
• IP Address: specify if the Router can get an IP address from the Internet Server
Provider (ISP) automatically or not. Please click Obtain an IP address automatically via
DHCP client to enable the DHCP client function or click Specify an IP address to disable
the DHCP client function, and specify the IP address manually. The setting of this item is
specified by your ISP.
• Authentication Protocol: Default is Chap (Auto). Your ISP will advise you whether to
use Chap or Pap.
• Connection
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 Always on: If you want the router to establish a PPPoE session when starting up
and to automatically re-establish the PPPoE session when disconnected by the
ISP.
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Connect on Demand: If you want to establish a PPPoE 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 predetermined period of time.
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Detail: You can define the destination port and packet type (TCP/UDP) without
being checked by the timer. It allows you to set which outgoing traffic will not
trigger and reset the idle timer.
• RIP: RIP v1, RIP v2, and RIP v2 Multicast. Check to enable RIP function.
• MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit. The size of the largest datagram (excluding media-
specific headers) that IP will attempt to send through the interface.
• TCP MSS Clamp: This option helps to auto detect the optimal MTU size. Default is
enabled.
• MAC Address Spoofing: This option is required by Service Providers. You must fill in
the MAC address that is specified by your Service Provider if this is required. Default is
disabled.