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Chapter 10 Interface
ZyWALL USG 1000 User’s Guide
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Each field is explained in the following table.
Table 60 Network > Interface > PPPoE/PPTP > Edit
LABEL DESCRIPTION
PPP Interface
Properties
Enable Select this to enable this interface. Clear this to disable this interface.
Interface Name This field is read-only if you are editing the interface. Enter the name of the
bridge interface. The format is pppx, where x is 0 - 11. For example, ppp0, ppp7,
and so on.
Nail_Up Select this if the PPPoE/PPTP connection should always be up.
Dial-on-Demand Select this if you want the ZyWALL to establish the PPPoE/PPTP connection
only when there is traffic. You might select this if there is little traffic through the
interface or if it costs money to keep the connection available.
Description Enter a description of this interface. It is not used elsewhere. You can use
alphanumeric and
()+/:=?!*#@$_%- characters, and it can be up to 60
characters long.
Base Interface Select the interface on which the PPPoE/PPTP interface runs. This interface
can be an Ethernet interface, VLAN interface, or bridge interface. PPPoE/PPTP
interfaces cannot run on Ethernet interfaces or VLAN interfaces that are used in
bridge interfaces, however.
Account Profile Select the ISP account that this PPPoE/PPTP interface uses. The drop-down
box lists ISP accounts by name. Select Create Object to create a new ISP
account (see Section 41.3 on page 564 for details).
Protocol This field is read-only. It displays the protocol specified in the ISP account.
User Name This field is read-only. It displays the user name for the ISP account.
Service Name This field is read-only. It displays the PPPoE service name specified in the ISP
account. This field is blank if the ISP account uses PPTP.
IP Address
Assignment
Get
Automatically
Select this if this interface is a DHCP client. In this case, the DHCP server
configures the IP address automatically. The subnet mask and gateway are
always defined automatically in PPPoE/PPTP interfaces.
Use Fixed IP
Address
Select this if you want to specify the IP address manually.
IP Address This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.
Enter the IP address for this interface.
Metric Enter the priority of the gateway (the ISP) on this interface. The ZyWALL
decides which gateway to use based on this priority. The lower the number, the
higher the priority. If two or more gateways have the same priority, the ZyWALL
uses the one that was configured first.
Interface
Parameters
Upstream
Bandwidth
Enter the maximum amount of traffic, in kilobits per second, the ZyWALL can
send through the interface to the network. Allowed values are 0 - 1048576.
Downstream
Bandwidth
This is reserved for future use.
Enter the maximum amount of traffic, in kilobits per second, the ZyWALL can
receive from the network through the interface. Allowed values are 0 - 1048576.
MTU Maximum Transmission Unit. Type the maximum size of each data packet, in
bytes, that can move through this interface. If a larger packet arrives, the
ZyWALL divides it into smaller fragments. Allowed values are 576 - 1492.
Usually, this value is 1492.