Operation Manual

Chapter 13 WAN
NBG6515 User’s Guide
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13.5 Advanced WAN Screen
Use this screen to enable Multicast.
Note: The categories shown in this screen are independent of each other.
Idle Timeout
(min)
This value specifies the time in minutes that elapses before the NBG automatically
disconnects from the PPTP server.
PPTP Configuration
Server IP
Address
Type the IP address of the PPTP server.
Get
automatically
from ISP
Select this option If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address. This is the default
selection.
Use Fixed IP
Address
Select this option If the ISP assigned a fixed IP address.
IP Address Enter your WAN IP address in this field if you selected Use Fixed IP Address.
IP Subnet
Mask
Your NBG will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP address that you
assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the subnet mask computed by the
NBG.
Gateway IP
Address
Enter a Gateway IP Address (if your ISP gave you one) in this field.
MTU Size Enter the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) or the largest packet size per frame that your
NBG can receive and process.
WAN DNS Assignment
First DNS
Server
Second DNS
Server
Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information (and the NBG'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
The MAC address section allows users to configure the WAN port's MAC address by either
using the NBG’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.
Set WAN MAC
Address
Select this option and enter the MAC address you want to use.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG.
Reset Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.
Table 53 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPTP Encapsulation (continued)
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