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To change your BIPAC-5100/5100W’s WAN remote node settings, click WAN. The screen 

differs by the encapsulation. 

 

When the PPP Half Bridge is enabled the BIPAC-5100/5100W becomes invisible. The DHCP 

server will duplicate the WAN IP address from the ISP to the local client PC. Only one PC is 

able to access the Internet using half bridge mode. 

Half bridge mode can only be used when a single IP address has been assigned by the ISP, it 

is not suitable for services that provide multiple IP addresses. Half bridge mode is used when 

the use of NAT or NAPT is not desired and there is a single computer attached to the 

BIPAC-5100/5100W ADSL Gateway. 

When using a separate firewall that will be protecting the network, half bridge mode will allow 

the firewall to appear on the internet using the publicly accessible IP address assigned by the 

ISP. This configuration will allow the dedicated firewall to have full control of the inbound and 

outbound traffic and is the intended purpose for this mode. 

Some applications that embed the IP address of the computer in the data are not compatible 

with NAT or NAPT and so the computer requires a real public IP address. However the number 

of applications that are not compatible with NAT/NAPT are reducing as developers address the