Billion Electric Company 8501 User Manual

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SHDSL VPN Firewall Bridge/Router 
 
Chapter 4: Configuration 
 
  
PPPoE Connections 
 
Description: User-definable name for this connection. 
VPI/VCI: Enter the information provided by your ISP.   
ATM Class:
 
The Quality of Service for ATM layer. 
NAT: The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the Internet through 
a single ISP account, sharing a single IP address. If users on your LAN have public IP addresses and can 
access the Internet directly, the NAT function can be disabled. 
Username: Enter the username provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128 alphanumeric characters 
(case sensitive). This will usually be in the format of “username@ispname” instead of simply “username”. 
Password: Enter the password provided by your ISP. You can input up to 128 alphanumeric characters 
(case sensitive). 
Service Name: This item is for identification purposes. If it is required, your ISP will provide you the 
information. Maximum input is 20 alphanumeric characters. 
IP Address:
 
specify if the Router can get an IP address from the Internet Server Provider (ISP) 
automatically or not. Please click Obtain an IP address automatically via DHCP client to enable the DHCP 
client function or click Specify an IP address to disable the DHCP client function, and specify the IP 
address manually. The setting of this item is specified by your ISP. 
Authentication Protocol: Default is Chap(Auto). Your ISP will advise you whether to use Chap or Pap. 
Connection  
  Always on: If you want the router to establish a PPPoE session when starting up and to 
automatically re-establish the PPPoE session when disconnected by the ISP. 
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