Advanced
The advanced tab contains settings for management of advanced features for the connection.
Configuration
| Item | Description |
|---|---|
| Bring up on boot | Start the connection when device starts. |
| Use gateway metric | Gateway metric to use. |
| Override MAC address | Enforced MAC address to use. |
| Override MTU | MTU size to use. |
| Enable IPv6 on the PPP link | Enables IPv6 connection from the provider. |
| Use default gateway | Use default route. |
| Use DNS servers advertised by peer | Use DHCP DNS server. |
Add/Remove custom DNS Servers
You can add as many custom DNS servers as you like, but they must be unique.
To add a custom DNS server:
- Click the
add button
- Add the IP numbers to the DNS server
- Click Save
To remove a custom DNS server:
- Click the
delete button next to the item to delete
- Click Save
LCP Options
The LCP options section contains LCP configuration.
| Item | Description | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| LCP echo failure threshold | Number of echo failures before peer is considered dead. | Use 0 to ignore failures. |
| LCP echo interval | How often to send echo-requests. | Used together with failure threshold. |
| Inactivity timeout | Time until inactive connection is closed. | Use 0 to persist connection. |