Chapter 5 WAN Setup
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To use NAT, firewall or IGMP proxy in the P-2812HNU-51c, you need to configure a
WAN connection with PPPoE or IPoE.
Note: When a layer-2 interface is in VLAN MUX Mode or MSC Mode, you can
configure up to eight WAN services for each interface.
Figure 39 Internet Connection
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 20 Internet Connection
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Interface This shows the name of the interface used by this connection.
A default name ipoax, atmx (where x starts from 0 and is the index
number of ATM layer-2 interfaces using different VPI and/or VCI
values) or ptm0 indicates the DSL port. The pppx name (where x
starts from 1 and is the index number of PPP connection on the P-
2812HNU-51c) indicates a PPP connection via any one of the WAN
interface. eth4 indicates the Ethernet WAN interface (the physical
Ethernet WAN port).
The number after the dot (.) represents the VLAN ID number assigned
to traffic sent through this connection. The number after the
underscore (_) represents the index number of connections through
the same interface.
(null) means the entry is not valid.
Description This is the service name of this connection.
8 and 35 or 0 and 1 are the default VPI and VCI numbers. The last
number represents the index number of connections over the same
PVC or the VLAN ID number assigned to traffic sent through this
connection.
(null) means the entry is not valid.
Type This shows the layer-2 interface type and method of encapsulation
used by this connection.
IPoW stands for IPoE used in an Ethernet WAN connection.
