User's Manual 8. Setting up your Device
Version 4.4.3 71 MP-20x Multimedia Home Gateway
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(internet_url(<Address or Domain Name for Ping Test>))
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8.2.2 Setting up and Starting the Automatic Dialer
The procedure below describes how to setup and start the Automatic Dialer feature.
To setup and start Automatic Dialer:
1. Power off the device.
2. Connect the Ethernet cables.
3. Power on the device; the Automatic Dialer begins its operation and you can view the
progress status by checking the device's LEDs.
Note: The connection is WAN Ethernet:
• For DHCP, the connection is fast.
• For L2TP, the connection takes up to ~2 minutes.
• For PPPoE, the connection can take up to ~4 minutes.
8.2.3 Quitting Automatic Dialer for Manual Configuration
If, for any reason, you need to manually configure the Internet connection, you first need to
stop the Automatic Dialer feature and then manually configure the connection, as
described below,
To quit Automatic Dialer and manually configure the Internet connection:
1. Power off the device.
2. Disconnect the Ethernet cable.
3. Power on the device.
4. Wait for the Automatic Dialer process to end (i.e., the Broadband LED stops blinking).
5. Log in to the device's Web interface.
6. Manually configure the Internet connection using the 'Quick Setup' screen (see
Section 8.1 on page 65). This ensures that the Automatic Dialer feature does not re-
activate itself after the device resets.
Once the device successfully connects to the Internet, it downloads its configuration file
from the user-defined server on which the file is located.
Note: The configuration file must include the following parameter to indicate that
Automatic Dialer is no longer needed: auto_dialer_detect/done = 1.
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