User's Manual

12 Modem/Router with Wireless-N User
Manual
Selecting the WAN Type
Please check with your service provider if you read the discussion below and are still
unsure which WAN Type to choose.
• Mobile Broadband Modem
- Select this if you want to use the
Modem/Router’s built-in 3G+ modem for voice and data.. (If you want to use
the 3G+ modem as the backup to a ADSL or Cable modem, you'll need to
use the Configuration Manager's Advanced program to configure this setup.
Please refer to 3G Failover on The Basic Setup Page
on page 51.) You should
select your primary connection type using the Setup Wizard. (To access the
Setup Wizard, refer to page 10 for instructions.)
• Configuring the Dynamic IP Address
– This is only used by Cable modem
users and by DSL modem users who are not using PPPoE. (A DSL service
providers will typically tell you whether you are using PPPoE, which requires
you to enter an PPPoE-related password into the Modem/Router. If you are
using DSL with 1483 routed, bridged, or PPPoA modes, you are not using
PPPoE.)
• Static IP Address
- Typically you have to request and pay extra for a static IP
address, so this is not typically used.
• PPPoE
– Only use this if you are plugging an ADSL modem into the
Modem/Router, and if your ADSL service provider uses PPPoE.
• PPTP
- The Point to Point Tunneling Protocol is more common in corporate
environments and most users will not use this setting.
• L2TP
- The Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol is more common in corporate
environments and most users will not use this setting.