ZyXEL NBG-416N User Guide

Chapter 8 WAN

NBG-416N User’s Guide

Password

Type the password associated with the User Name above.

Retype to Confirm

Type your password again to make sure that you have entered 
correctly. 

MTU Size

Enter the MTU or the largest packet size per frame that your NBG-
416N can receive and process.

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-416N 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-416N 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-416N.

My IP Gateway

Enter a Gateway IP Address (if your ISP gave you one) in this field.

DNS Servers
First DNS Server

Second DNS Server

Enter the primary and secondary DNS server's IP addresses.

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-416N’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-416N.

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

Table 35   Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPTP Encapsulation (continued)