The WAN PP page is where you can set up the PPP server/client mode of your . Here you can enable either the PPP server mode, or the PPP client mode, or you can disable the PPP modes altogether.
The can either serves as a PPP server for the remote computers to dial-in for connection, or as a PPP client to dial in a PPP server to connect to a network or the Internet. The PPP connection can serve as a backup connection mode when direct network connection is not available or just broken down. The ’s high speed serial interface can offer excellent bandwidth to PPP connections either when the is connected as PPP server or PPP client.
After you have made all modifications, click Store Settings to save your settings and then hit Apply Settings/Restart Servers to validate these new settings. Every change you have made on this page will NOT apply until you hit Apply Settings/Restart Servers!
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There are three PPP options for selection:
The PPP Server mode allows users to connect to your servers without the Internet understructure. It can be used as a backup access in case of Internet failure or an ultra-secure access by the use of private lines and modems.
The PPP Client mode can be used when there is no LAN or router available for a direct Internet access by using a modem.
Note: The PPP connection can work simultaneously with the LAN connection.
Note: The PPP connection uses the same serial interface as the Power management. These two features are mutually exclusive. By enabling the PPP you automatically disable the power management and vice versa.
If you have a LAN connection, normally you don’t have to choose the PPP connection as your connection mode. However, if no LAN connection is available or if you want to use , you could choose to enable either the PPP server mode or the PPP client mode according to the real connection scenarios.
Current Local IP Address: This is where you can check up the IP address of the when a PPP connection is established. However, if the PPP connection is not yet established, the IP address will be shown as Unknown. This address is normally which one is set into Local IP Address.
Note: This IP address must be distinct from the one that is used by the on the LAN.
Local IP Address: Enter here the IP address (default = 192.168.2.200) to be used by the in the PPP connection. This IP address will be used only in PPP connection by alone, and should be distinct from the IP address (default = 192.168.1.200) that is specified in the LAN TCP/IP page and used for connection via direct local area network.
Peer IP Address: Enter the IP address (default= 192.168.2.201) that will be assigned by to the peer client at connection time.
Maximum Speed: Specify the modem connection speed. The supports a high-speed serial connection up to 1 Mbps (Megabits per second).
Note: the modem connection speed is NOT the PPP connection speed, which depends on the modem technology. For example, even if the modem connection speed is 115 200 bps, a 56K modem will provide only a 56 000 bps PPP connection.
User Name: Specify the user name that must be used for the PPP connection login by the peer computer on the other side of the phone line/serial connection.
Password: Specify the password that must be used by the peer computer, then type in the same password in the next entry field to confirm the password.
Note: can support only one User Name / Password and one PPP connection at a time.
Modem Initialization (chat script): The modem initialization script is a chat script that will initialize the modem to be ready for connection. The standard script provided by default permits to connect a Windows client to in server mode over a direct serial cable (Null Modem).
TIMEOUT 3600
CLIENT CLIENTSERVER\c
In other words: wait for "CLIENT" one hour before timeout, and respond CLIENTSERVER without carriage return.
Note: Refer to Power Management page for more details about the chat program. Refer also to your modem documentation. We also strongly recommend you refer to the standard man pages of pppd and chat programs on Linux. In server mode, the modem should be set to await and automatically connect when receiving remote calls.
Current Local IP Address: This is where you can check up the dynamic IP address that has been assigned to the by the PPP server at connection time, for example: 62.147.111.39. However, if the PPP connection is not yet established, the IP address will be shown as Unknown.
Note: This IP address is used by the either as a PPP client, and thus is distinct from the one that is used by the on the LAN.
Maximum Speed: Specify the modem connection speed. The supports a high-speed serial connection up to 1 Mbps (Megabits per second).
Note: the modem connection speed is NOT the PPP connection speed, which depends on the modem technology. For example, even if the modem connection speed is 115 200 bps, a 56K modem will provide only a 56 000 bps PPP connection.
User Name: Specify the user name that will be used by the to connect to the PPP server.
Password: Specify the password that will be used by the to connect to the PPP server.
Note: The user Name and Password are normally provided by the ISP at subscription time.
Modem Initialization (chat script): The modem initialization script is a chat script that will initialize the modem to be ready for connection. The standard script provided here by default cannot work for a client connection. Replace it with your own initialization script depending on your modem.
Note: Refer to Power Management page for more details about the chat program. Refer also to your modem documentation. We also strongly recommend you refer to the standard man pages of pppd and chat programs on Linux. In client mode, the modem should be set to dial automatically at start time.