3. Basic Router Configuration
Assuming that you’ve successfully installed and launched your software (as above) then the following screen is shown:
For normal UK operation select PPPoA (RFC 2364) as
the Connection Mode and then on Properties to set the
router settings:
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VCI: For BT use 38, for KC setup see below.
VPI: For BT use 0, for KC setup see below.
Tick NAT (see notes in advanced setup if your want to
run without NAT mode).
Enter your User name and Password.
Select CHAP for Authentication.
Assuming you aren’t running a DHCP server on your
LAN (the normal situation) then enter a suitable IP
address for your router and a network mask. Please note
that if you already use TCP/IP on your LAN then you
need to choose a suitable IP address for the router which
fits in with the addresses used by your other network
clients. For this example use the address 192.168.0.1 (as
shown).
Click on Save Password and select G.DMT as the Modulation mode.
Now click on DHCP server/Relay and DNS Settings….
Click on Enable DNS Relay…
With ‘DNS Relay’ you tell your clients (PC’s) to send their DNS
requests to the router (as against sending your requests through
the router to the ISP’s DNS). The router then forwards those
requests to the true DNS and then passes any replies back to the
client. The advantage of doing this is it simplifies TCP setup on
your clients: One less address to find and set.
The default is ‘Get DNS IP
From ISP’ – this means the
router will automatically
find the DNS address from
your ISP when it connects, The other option is ‘Set DNS IP Manually’ – in this case
you will have to manually enter the DNS address:
Then return to the main properties screen by clicking on OK. Finally click on OK on
the main page to return to the front screen ...
Back on the front screen click on Apply to send the new settings across to
the router. The router will automatically reset after the new settings have
been uploaded.
When the upload has finished close the Configuration software.
That completes the basic router configuration.
3.1. Setup for Kingston Communications (KC)
The KC version of ADSL is slightly different from the standard BT
offering. Therefore you need to use different settings:
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