ZyXEL Communications 2 Plus User Manual

Chapter 3 Wizard Setup

ZyWALL 2 Plus User’s Guide

The Internet access wizard screen has three variations depending on what encapsulation type 
you use. Refer to information provided by your ISP to know what to enter in each field. Leave 
a field blank if you don’t have that information.

The ZyWALL offers three choices of encapsulation. They are Ethernet, PPTP or PPPoE. 
The wizard screen varies according to the type of encapsulation that you select in the 
Encapsulation field.

For ISPs (such as Telstra) that send UDP heartbeat packets to verify that the customer is still 
online, please create a WAN-to-WAN/ZyWALL firewall rule for those packets. Contact your 
ISP to find the correct port number.
Choose Ethernet when the WAN port is used as a regular Ethernet.

Figure 15   ISP Parameters: Ethernet Encapsulation

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 11   ISP Parameters: Ethernet Encapsulation

ISP Parameters 

for Internet 

Access

Encapsulation

You must choose the Ethernet option when the WAN port is used as a regular 

Ethernet. Otherwise, choose PPPoE or PPTP for a dial-up connection.