Manually Configuring Internet and WAN Settings
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6. If your connection is PPTP or PPPoE, your ISP requires an initial login. Enter the settings as
explained in the following table:
Table 14. PPTP and PPPoE settings
Setting Description
Austria (PPTP) If your ISP is Austria Telecom or any other ISP that uses PPTP for login, select this radio
button, and enter the following settings:
Account Name The account name is also known as the host name or system name.
Enter the account name for the PPTP connection (usually your email ID
assigned by your ISP). Some ISPs require you to enter your full email
address here.
Domain Name Your domain name or workgroup name assigned by your ISP, or your
ISP’s domain name. You can leave this field blank.
Idle Timeout Select the Keep Connected radio button to keep the connection always
on. To log out after the connection is idle for a period of time, select the
Idle Timeout radio button and, in the time-out field, enter the number of
minutes to wait before disconnecting. This is useful if your ISP charges
you based on the period that you have logged in.
My IP Address The IP address assigned by the ISP to make the connection with the
ISP server.
Server IP
Address
The IP address of the PPTP server.
Other (PPPoE) If you have installed login software, then your connection type is PPPoE. Select this radio
button, and enter the following settings:
Account Name The account name for the PPPoE connection.
Domain Name The name of your ISP’s domain or your domain name if your ISP has
you assigned one. You can leave this field blank.
Idle Timeout Select the Keep Connected radio button to keep the connection always
on. To log out after the connection is idle for a period of time, select the
Idle Timeout radio button and, in the time-out field, enter the number of
minutes to wait before disconnecting. This is useful if your ISP charges
you based on the period that you have logged in.
Note: When you use a PPPoE connection and select the Idle Timeout
radio button, you cannot configure load balancing (see Configure Load
Balancing (Multiple WAN Port Models) on page 80). To use load
balancing on a PPPoE connection, select the Keep Connected radio
button. When you have configured load balancing, the Idle Timeout
radio button and time-out field are masked out.