User's Manual

AR396 User’s Guide

To configure the PPPoA or PPPoE settings:

 Enter the User’s PPP Username and Password

 Enter the Service Provider Name if any

 Select the Authentication Method (AUTO, PAP, CHAP, or MSCHAP) used during

negotiation, default is AUTO.

 Enter the PPP MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) size between 128 and 1492. Default is

1492.

 Check “Dial On Demand” if you do not need PPPoA or PPPoE connection always ON and

enter the timeout value to disconnect the PPPoA or PPPoE connection when connection

is idle and timeout.

 Check the “IP extension” if your ISP requests to enable it, otherwise do not select it. This

is a special service to forward IP address assigned by remote to the local device in the

LAN.

 Check the “Use Static IP address” and enter the IP address if your ISP assigns a fixed IP

address to you. Otherwise, do not select it.

 Check to enable “Retry PPP Password on Authentication Error”.

 Check to enable “PPP Debug Mode”

 This “Bridge PPP frames between WAN and Local Ports” is checked in default.

 Click Next

Figure 20: WAN Service, PPPoA or PPPoE NAT Configuration

Network Access Translation (NAT), IGMP Multicast and MAC Clone settings:

 Check to enable NAT feature which allows multiple PCs to surf Internet simultaneously

with one public WAN port IP address.

 Check to enable Fullcore NAT if necessary