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Freecom FSG-3 Storage Gateway

2.7 Internet configuration information

For a single-user Internet account, your ISP supplies TCP/IP configuration infor-

mation (such as IP address, subnet mask and default gateway) and VPI and VCI

multiplexing information. Your ISP may also provide other login information,

such as User Name and Password, in the case where the PPPoE or PPPoA protocol

is required. With a typical account, much of the configuration information is

dynamically assigned when your PC is first booted up while connected to the ISP,

and you do not need to know that dynamic information.

In order to share the Internet connection among several computers, your FSG-

3 takes the place of the single computer, and you need to configure it with the

TCP/IP information that the single computer would normally use. When the

FSG’s WAN port is connected to the modem, the FSG-3 appears to be a single

computer to the ISP. The gateway then allows the computers on the local

network to use a single user account to access the Internet through the

broadband modem. The method used by the FSG-3 to accomplish this is called

Network Address Translation (NAT) or IP masquerading.

2.7.1 Login Protocols

Some ISPs require a special login protocol, in which you must enter a login name

and password in order to access the Internet. If you already log in to your Internet

account by running a program such as WinPOET or EnterNet, then your account

uses PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE).

When you configure your FSG-3, you will need to enter your login name and

password in the FSG’s configuration menus. After your network and FSG-3 are

configured, the FSG-3 will perform the login task when needed, and you will no

longer need to run the login program from your PC. It is not necessary to

uninstall the login program.

2.7.2 Account Information

Unless these items are dynamically assigned by the ISP, your ISP should give you

the following basic information for your account:

• An IP address and subnet mask

• A gateway IP address, which is the address of the ISP’s router

• One or more domain name server (DNS) IP addresses

• Host name and domain suffix

For example, your account’s full server names may look like this:

mail.xxx.yyy.com

In this example, the domain suffix is xxx . yyy . com.