ZyXEL Communications NBG-417N User Manual

Chapter 8 WAN

NBG-417N User’s Guide

Use this screen to enable Multicast, allow Windows Networking and enable Auto-bridge.

Nailed-up Connection

Select Nailed-Up Connection if you do not want the connection to time 
out.

Idle Timeout

This value specifies the time in minutes that elapses before the NBG-417N 
automatically disconnects from the PPTP server.

PPTP Configuration 

Server IP Address/
Domain

Type the IP address of the PPTP server.

Connection ID/Name

Type your identification name for 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. 

My WAN IP 

Address

Enter your WAN IP address in this field if you selected Use Fixed IP 
Address. 

My IP Subnet 

Mask

Your NBG-417N 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-417N.

WAN IP Address Assignment 

Get automatically 
from ISP 

Select this to get your WAN IP address from your ISP.

DNS Servers

First DNS Server

Second DNS Server

Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information 
(and the NBG-417N'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-417N’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. Once it is 
successfully configured, the address will be copied to the rom file. It will not 
change unless you change the setting or upload a different ROM file. 

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-417N.

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPTP Encapsulation