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)  Note: 
Click the  Login button to start 802.1x authentication. 
Click the  Logout button to end 802.1x authentication. 
5.  802.1X + Static IP  
If you are provided  802.1x + Static IP for ISP connection, your ISP will provides user 
name, password and the static IP in formation for you. You should select  “802.1X + Static 
IP”, enter the user name, pa ssword and static IP information provided by ISP (shown in 
Figure 4-9). 
 
Figure 4-9 
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Figure 4-10 
¾  User Name/Password -  Enter the User Name and Password provided by your ISP. 
These fields are case-sensitive. 
¾  Auth Server & Auth Domain:  Enter the Auth Name and Auth Domain provided by 
your ISP. 
¾  MTU Size  -  The normal MTU (Maximum Transmiss ion Unit) value for most Ethernet 
networks is 1500 Bytes. For some ISPs y ou need to reduce the MTU. But this is 
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Figure 4-11 
¾  User  Name  & Password -  Enter the User Name and Password provided by your 
ISP. These fields are case-sensitive 
¾  Connect  & Disconnect  -  Click the button, you can handle the on-line connection 
or disconnection  
¾  Dynamic  IP & Static IP  - Select the type of IP address under your ISP’s 
introduction (We select Dynamic  IP for example as shown in Figure 4-11). 
¾  Server IP

 Address/Name - Please type the correct Server  IP...

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)  Note: 
Please refer to  3 PPPoE for the explanations of  Connect on Demand, Connect 
Automatically , Connect Manually . 
8. PPTP 
If you are provided  PPTP for ISP connection, your IS P will provides user name, 
password and other information for you. Please select  “L2TP” and then enter the 
following parameters (shown in  Figure 4-12). 
 
Figure 4-12 
¾  User  Name  & Password -  Enter the User Name and Password provided by your 
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¾  Connect  & Disconnect  -  Click the button, you can handle the on-line connection 
or disconnection  
¾  Dynamic  IP & Static IP  - Select the type of IP address under your ISP’s 
introduction (We select Dynamic  IP for example as shown in Figure 4-12). 
¾  Server IP

 Address/Name - Please type the correct Server  IP Address/Name which 
your ISP provided. 
¾  MTU Size (in bytes) -  The default value is 1420, which  is usually fine. For some 
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2)  Only the PC(s) on your LAN can use the MAC Address Clone  feature. 
3)  After you finish the configuration,  click the Save button, and the router will 
prompt you to reboot. 
4.4  DHCP 
Choose menu “ DHCP”, you can see the subm enus under the main menu:  DHCP Settings, 
DHCP Clients List  and Address Reservation . 
 
Figure 4-14 
Click any of them, and you will be able to  configure the corresponding function. The 
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¾  DHCP Server -  Enable or disable the DHCP server . If you disable the Server, you 
must have another DHCP server within your network or else you must manually 
configure the computer. 
¾  Start IP Address -  This field specifies the first address in the IP address pool. The 
default address is 192.168.1.100. 
¾  End IP Address - This field specifies the end address in the IP address pool. The 
default address is 192.168.1.199. 
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¾  Assigned IP  -  This field displays the IP address th at the router has allocated to the 
DHCP client. 
¾  Lease Time  - This field displays the time of the DHCP client leased. Before the 
time is up, DHCP client will reques t to renew the lease automatically. 
4.4.3 Address Reservation 
Choose menu “DHCP →Address Reservation ”, you can view and add reserved 
addresses for clients via the next screen (shown in  Figure 4-17).   
If you specify a reserved I

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Figure 4-18 
Step 3:  Click the  Save button when finished. 
) Note: 
1)  If you want to add more than one reserved IP, please go to  step 1 to continue. 
2)  The function wont take effe ct until the router reboots. 
Other configurations for the entries as shown in  Figure 4-17:  
C

lick the  Delete button to delete the entry. 
Click the  Enable All button to enable all the entries. 
Click the  Disable All  button to disable all the entries. 
Click the  Delete...

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Virtual servers can be used for setting up pub lic services on your LAN, such as DNS, 
Email and FTP. A virtual server is defined as a service port, and all requests from Internet 
to this service port will be redirected to the  computer specified by the server IP. Any PC 
that was configured as a virt ual server must have a static or a reserved IP address 
because its IP address may change  when using the DHCP function. 
 
Figure 4-20 
¾  Service Port  -  This...