ZyXEL Communications P-870HW-I User Manual

P-870HW-I1 User’s Guide

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Chapter 7 WAN

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 48   Network > WAN > Internet Connection > PPP over Ethernet

ISP Parameters for 

Internet Access

Encapsulation

Select PPP over Ethernet.

Service Name

Enter the service name provided by your ISP. Leave this field blank if your ISP 

did not provide one.

User Name

Enter the user name provided by your ISP.

Password

Enter the password provided by your ISP.

Retype to Confirm

Enter the password again.

Nailed-Up 

Connection

Select this if you want the ZyXEL Device to automatically connect to your ISP 

when it is turned on and to remain connected all the time. This is not 

recommended if you pay for your Internet connected based on the amount of 

time you are connected.

Idle Timeout (sec)

Enter the number of seconds the ZyXEL Device should wait while there is no 

Internet traffic before it automatically disconnects from the ISP. Enter a time 

interval between 10 and 9999 seconds.

WAN IP Address 

Assignment

Get automatically 

from ISP

Select this if your ISP did not give you a fixed (static) IP address. Do not enter 

anything in the My WAN IP Address field.

Use Fixed IP 

Address

Select this if your ISP gave you a fixed (static) IP address.

My WAN IP Address Enter the fixed (static) IP address provided by your ISP.

Metric

This field sets this route's priority among the routes the ZyXEL Device uses.
The metric represents the "cost of transmission". A router determines the best 

route for transmission by choosing a path with the lowest "cost". RIP routing uses 

hop count as the measurement of cost, with a minimum of "1" for directly 

connected networks. The number must be between "1" and "15"; a number 

greater than "15" means the link is down. The smaller the number, the lower the 

"cost".

Private

This field is related to RIP. This field determines whether or not the ZyXEL 

Device includes the route to this remote node in its RIP broadcasts. If you select 

Yes, this route is not included in RIP broadcast. If you select No, the route to this 

remote node is propagated to other hosts through RIP broadcasts. Usually, you 

should keep the default value.

WAN MAC Address

Spoof WAN MAC 

Address

Select this if you want the ZyXEL Device to use the MAC address of another 

computer, instead of its default MAC address. You might try this if you lose your 

Internet connection because some ISPs check the MAC address of the device 

connected to the Internet.

IP Address

If you select Spoof WAN MAC Address, enter the IP address of the computer 

whose MAC address you want the ZyXEL Device to use. This is usually a 

computer on the LAN.

Apply

Click this to save your changes back to the ZyXEL Device.

Reset

Click this to reload the previous configuration for this screen.