ZyXEL Communications Vantage Service Gateway VSG-1200 V2 User Manual

VSG-1200 V2 User’s Guide

Chapter 6 LAN and WAN Setup

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Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) is a network protocol that enables transfers of data 
from a remote client to a private server, creating a Virtual Private Network (VPN) using TCP/
IP-based networks.

PPTP supports on-demand, multi-protocol, and virtual private networking over public 
networks, such as the Internet.

Username

Enter the user name exactly as assigned by your ISP. 
If the name is assigned in the form user@domain where domain identifies a 

service name, then enter both components exactly as given.

Password

Enter the password associated with the user name above.

PPP MTU Setting

Enter the size of a Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU).

TCP MSS Setting

Enter the size of the Maximum Segment Size (MSS).

Service Name

Enter the name of your PPPoE service.

Connect on Demand Select this option when you don’t want the connection up all the time and specify 

an idle timeout in the Max Idle Time field (maximum 65535 minutes). This is the 

default setting with an idle timeout of 10 minutes.

Keep Alive

Select this option when you want the Internet connection up all the time and 

specify a redial period in the Redial Period field (maximum 65535 seconds). 

When disconnected, the VSG will attempt to bring up the connection after the 

redial period.

Table 8   System Settings: WAN/LAN: PPPoE  (continued)