EnteranametorepresentthisWANconnection.
ThissettingenablestheWANconnection.Ifscheduleshavebeendefined,youwillbeable
toselectascheduletoapplytotheconnection.
TherearefivepossibleconnectionmethodsforEthernetWAN:
● DHCP
● StaticIP
● PPPoE
● L2TP
● GRE
Theconnectionmethodanddetailsaredeterminedby,andcanbeobtainedfromtheISP.
Seethefollowingsectionsfordetailsoneachconnectionmethod.DNSserversettingscan
beconfiguredinthecorrespondingmenuforeachconnectionmethod.
ThisfieldshowsthatNAT(networkaddresstranslation)willbeappliedtothetrafficrouted
overthisWANconnection.IPForwardingisavailablewhenyouclickthelinkinthehelp
text.
ThisoptionallowsyoutoconfiguretheWANconnectionwhetherfornormaldailyusageor
asabackupconnectiononly.
IfAlwaysonischosen,theWANconnectionwillbekeptoncontinuously,regardlessofthe
priorityofotherWANconnections.
IfBackupischosen,theWANconnectionwilldependonotherWANconnections.Itwillnot
beusedwhenoneormorehigherprioritydependentWANconnectionsareconnected.
Independent
fromBackup
WANs
Ifthisischecked,theconnectionwillbeworkingindependentfromotherBackupWAN
connections.ThoseinBackupPrioritywillignorethestatusofthisWANconnection,and
willbeusedwhennoneoftheotherhigherpriorityconnectionsareavailable.
Ifthecheckboxisunticked,thisoptionisdisabledandthesystemwillnotreplytoany
ICMPpingechorequeststotheWANIPaddressesofthisWANconnection.
Default:ticked(enabled)
Thisfieldreferstothemaximumuploadspeed.
Thisvalueisreferencedwhendefaultweightischosenforoutboundtrafficandtraffic
prioritization.Acorrectvaluecanresultineffectivetrafficprioritizationandefficientuseof
upstreambandwidth.
Thisfieldreferstothemaximumdownloadspeed.
Defaultweightcontrolforoutboundtrafficwillbeadjustedaccordingtothisvalue.
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