SonicOS 7 System
- SonicOS 7.0
- Overview
- Interfaces
- About Interfaces
- Interface Settings IPv4
- Adding Virtual Interfaces
- Configuring Routed Mode
- Enabling Bandwidth Management on an Interface
- Configuring Interfaces in Transparent IP Mode (Splice L3 Subnet)
- Configuring Wireless Interfaces
- Configuring WAN Interfaces
- Configuring Tunnel Interfaces
- Configuring VPN Tunnel Interfaces
- Configuring Link Aggregation and Port Redundancy
- Configuring One Arm Mode
- Configuring an IPS Sniffer Mode Appliance
- Configuring Security Services (Unified Threat Management)
- Configuring Wire and Tap Mode
- Layer 2 Bridged Mode
- Key Features of SonicOS Layer 2 Bridged Mode
- Key Concepts to Configuring L2 Bridged Mode and Transparent Mode
- Comparing L2 Bridged Mode to Transparent Mode
- Comparison of L2 Bridged Mode to Transparent Mode
- Benefits of Transparent Mode over L2 Bridged Mode
- ARP in Transparent Mode
- VLAN Support in Transparent Mode
- Multiple Subnets in Transparent Mode
- Non-IPv4 Traffic in Transparent Mode
- ARP in L2 Bridged Mode
- VLAN Support in L2 Bridged Mode
- L2 Bridge IP Packet Path
- Multiple Subnets in L2 Bridged Mode
- Non-IPv4 Traffic in L2 Bridged Mode
- L2 Bridge Path Determination
- L2 Bridge Interface Zone Selection
- Sample Topologies
- Configuring Network Interfaces and Activating L2B Mode
- Configuring Layer 2 Bridged Mode
- Asymmetric Routing
- Configuring Interfaces for IPv6
- 31-Bit Network Settings
- PPPoE Unnumbered Interface Support
- Failover & LB
- Neighbor Discovery
- ARP
- MAC IP Anti-Spoof
- Web Proxy
- PortShield Groups
- SonicOS Support of X-Series Switches
- About the X-Series Solution
- Performance Requirements
- Key Features Supported with X-Series Switches
- PortShield Functionality and X-Series Switches
- PoE/PoE+ and SFP/SFP+ Support
- X-Series Solution and SonicPoints
- Managing Extended Switches using GMS
- Extended Switch Global Parameters
- About Links
- Logging and Syslog Support
- Supported Topologies
- Port Graphics
- Port Configuration
- External Switch Configuration
- External Switch Diagnostics
- Configuring PortShield Groups
- SonicOS Support of X-Series Switches
- PoE Settings
- VLAN Translation
- IP Helper
- Dynamic Routing
- DHCP Server
- Configuring a DHCP Server
- Configuring Advanced Options
- Configuring DHCP Option Objects
- Configuring DHCP Option Groups
- Configuring a Trusted DHCP Relay Agent Address Group (IPv4 Only)
- Enabling Trusted DHCP Relay Agents
- Configuring IPv4 DHCP Servers for Dynamic Ranges
- Configuring IPv6 DHCP Servers for Dynamic Ranges
- Configuring IPv4 DHCP Static Ranges
- Configuring IPv6 DHCP Static Ranges
- Configuring DHCP Generic Options for DHCP Lease Scopes
- DHCP and IPv6
- Multicast
- Network Monitor
- AWS Configuration
- SonicWall Support
Configuring Protocol Settings for a WAN Interface
If you specified a PPPoE, PPTP, or L2TP for IP assignment when configuring the WAN interface, the Edit Interface dialog displays the Protocol view.
The Internet Service Provider (ISP) provisions the fields (for example, SonicWall IP Address, Subnet Mask, and Gateway Address) in the Settings Acquired via section of the Protocol view. These fields show actual values after you connect the appliance to the ISP.
Additionally, specifying PPPoE causes SonicOS to set the Interface MTU option in the Advanced view to 1492 and provides additional settings in the Protocol view.
To configure additional settings for PPPoE
- In the Edit Interface dialog, click Protocol.
- Enable the following options in the PPPoE Client Settings section:
- Inactivity Disconnect (minutes): Enter the number of minutes (the default is 10) after which SonicOS terminates the connection when it detects that packets are not being sent. This option is not selected by default.
- Strictly use LCP echo packets for server keep-alive: Select this to have SonicOS terminate the connection if it detects that the PPoE server has not sent a ppp LCP echo request packet within a minute. Select this option only if your PPPoE server supports the send LCP echo function. This option is not selected by default.
- Reconnect the PPPOE client if the server does not send traffic for __ minutes: Enter the number of minutes (the default is 5) after which SonicOS terminates the PPPoE server's connection, and then reconnects, if the server does not send any packets (including the LCP echo request). This option is selected by default.
If your PPPoE connectivity is not stable, you can amend the Ncp Retrans Time. SonicWall suggests changing this figure to 2000, but you could have better results making it 1999.
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