Chapter 8 WAN
EMG2306-R10A User’s Guide
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The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 16 Internet Connection: PPP over Ethernet Encapsulation
LABEL DESCRIPTION
ISP Parameters for Internet Access
Encapsulation Select PPP over Ethernet if you connect to your Internet via dial-up.
IPv4 / IPv6 Click the drop-down menu to select either an IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack interface.
IP Address Select Obtain an IP Address Automatically to have your ISP assign the parameters.
Select Static IP Address to enter a pre-defined IP Address, Subnet Mask, and
Gateway IP address.
MTU Size Enter the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) or the largest packet size per frame that
your EMG2306-R10A can receive and process.
DHCP Option
Enable DHCP Option
121
Select Enable DHCP Option 121 to enable the classless route option 121.
Enable DHCP Option
60
Select Enable DHCP Option 60 to enable and enter the device’s Vendor Class Identifier
(VCI).
DNS Server
IPv4 / IPv6 Click the drop-down menu to select either an IPv4, IPv6 or dual stack interface.
IP Address Select Obtain an IP Address Automatically to have your ISP assign the parameters.
Select Static IP Address to enter a pre-defined IP Address, Subnet Mask, and
Gateway IP address.
MTU Size Enter the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) or the largest packet size per frame that
your EMG2306-R10A can receive and process.
DHCP Option
Enable DHCP Option
121
Select Enable DHCP Option 121 to enable the classless route option 121.
Enable DHCP Option
60
Select Enable DHCP Option 60 to enable and enter the device’s Vendor Class Identifier
(VCI).
Enter the VCI in the Vendor ID field.
DNS Server
First DNS Server
Second DNS Server
Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information (and the
EMG2306-R10A's WAN IP address). The field to the right displays the (read-only) DNS
server IP address that the ISP assigns.
Select User-Defined if you have the IP address of a DNS server. Enter the DNS
server's IP address in the field to the right. If you chose User-Defined, but leave the
IP address set to 0.0.0.0, User-Defined changes to None after you click Apply. If you
set a second choice to User-Defined, and enter the same IP address, the second
User-Defined changes to None after you click Apply.
Select None if you do not want to configure DNS servers. If you do not configure a DNS
server, you must know the IP address of a computer in order to access it.
WAN MAC Address
WAN MAC Address The MAC address section allows users to configure the WAN port's MAC address by
using the EMG2306-R10A’s MAC address, copying the MAC address from a computer on
your LAN or manually entering a MAC address.
Factory default Select Factory default to use the factory assigned default MAC Address.
Clone the
computer’s MAC
address - IP
Address
Select Clone the computer's MAC address - IP Address and enter the IP address of
the computer on the LAN whose MAC you are cloning.