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5.3. WAN1 & WAN2 Setup
WHG Controllers are designed with 2 WAN ports for load balancing and failover support. To configure WAN port
settings, go to Main Menu > System > WAN1 / WAN2.
WAN1
WAN1 port supports four connection types: Static, Dynamic, PPPoE and PPTP. These connection types are
enough to support most ISP.
Depending on ISP or the upstream device the WAN port connects, you only need to select one connection type for
the port. For example, if your ISP is Cable modem issuing Dynamic address, then you would select Dynamic
connection when setting up the WAN ports.
Static: Manually specifying the IP address of the WAN Port. The fields with red asterisks are required to be filled in.
IP Address: The IP address of the WAN1 port.
Subnet Mask: The subnet mask of the WAN1 port.
Default Gateway: The gateway of the WAN1 port.
Preferred DNS Server: Statically designate the primary DNS server to be used by the system.
Alternate DNS Server: The substitute DNS server used by the system. This is an optional field.
Dynamic: It is only applicable for the network environment where the DHCP server is available on the upstream
network. Click the Renew button to get an IP address automatically.
Learn DNS Server Address During Negotiation: When this check box is selected, the Controller will
automatically learn the IP address of DNS server through DHCP messages received.
Preferred DNS Server: Statically designate the primary DNS server to be used by the system.
Alternate DNS Server: The substitute DNS server used by the system. This is an optional field.
PPPoE: If your ISP provides PPPoE Dialup connection, then the ISP will issue you an account with a password. You
would need to enter the account credential in the WAN configuration page for dialing up to the ISP.
Username: The username issued by your ISP as dial-up account.
Password: The dial-up password issued by your ISP.
MTU: Maximum Transmission Unit of a PPPoE frame. The PPPoE protocol allows an Ethernet frame’s
size to be up to 1492 bytes, but some ISP’s network equipments may support a smaller frame size of than