Billion Electric Company 7800 User Guide

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A WAN (Wide Area Network) is a computer network that covers a broad geographical area (eg. 

Internet) that is used to connect LAN and other types of network systems. There are two items 

within the WAN section: 

 and 

.

WAN Profile (ADSL)

PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet) provides access control in a manner similar to dial-up services using 

PPP.

Description: A given name for the connection.

VPI/VCI: Enter the information provided by your ISP. 

Encapsulation mode: Select the encapsulation format. Select the one provided by your ISP.

Username: Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to 256 alphanumeric 

characters (case sensitive). This is in the format of “username@ispname” instead of simply 

“username”.

Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to 32 alphanumeric 

characters (case sensitive).

Service Name: This item is for identification purposes. If it is required, your ISP will provide you 

the necessary information. Maximum input is 32 alphanumeric characters.

NAT: The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the Internet 

through a single IP account by sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN have their own 

public IP addresses to access the Internet, NAT function can be disabled.

IP (0.0.0.0:Auto): Your WAN IP address. Leave the IP address as 0.0.0.0 to enable the device to 

automatically obtain an IP address from your ISP.

Auth. Protocol: Default is Auto. Please consult your ISP on whether to use Chap, Pap or 

MSCHAP.