Setting up an ADSL or VDSL connection with a specified VLAN ID on a LANCOM R&S®Unified Firewall (PPPoE)

Description:

This article describes how an ADSL or VDSL connection implemented via an upstream DSL modem and using a VLAN ID can be set up on a Unified Firewall (PPPoE) and how it can be assigned to an Internet object on the desktop. 

Requirements:

• LANCOM R&S® Unified Firewall with LCOS FX as of version 10.8
• Internet access via upstream DSL modem
• Web browser for configuring the Unified Firewall. 
  
  The following browsers are supported:
  
  • Google Chrome
  • Chromium
  • Mozilla Firefox

Procedure:

1) Setting up the network connection for Internet access:

1.1) Open the configuration interface of the Unified Firewall in your browser and change to the menu Network → Connections → Network Connections.

Then delete the entry for a still unused interface via the "trashcan" icon (in this example the interface eth1).

Delete an unused network connection

1.2) Acknowledge the deletion process by clicking Delete.

Acknowledge the deletion process

1.3) Acknowledge the warning message by clicking Save Anyway.

Acknowledge the warning regarding the DHCP network

1.4) Navigate to the menu Network → Interfaces → VLAN Interfaces and click on the “+” icon to create a new entry.

Create a new VLAN interface

1.5) Modify the following parameters and click Create:

• Master Interface: From the drop-down menu, select the interface deleted in step 1.1 (in this example eth1).
• VLAN Tag: Enter the VLAN ID assigned to you by your provider.

Enter the interface and the VLAN ID for the VLAN interface

1.6) Navigate to the menu Network → Interfaces → PPP Interfaces and click on the “+” icon to create a new PPP interface.

Create a new PPP interface

1.7) For Master Interface, select the VLAN Interface created in step 1.5 and click Create.

Select the created VLAN interface in the PPP interface

1.8) Change to the menu Network → Connections → PPP Connections and click on the “+” icon to create a new entry.

Create a new PPP connection

1.9) Modify the following parameters and click Create:

• Name: Enter a descriptive name (in this example DSL).
• Interface: Select the PPP interface created in step 1.7.
• Type: Check that the value is set to PPPoE.
• Username: Enter the Username for DSL dial-in assigned to you by your provider.
• Password: Enter the password for DSL dial-in assigned to you by your provider.

Enter the PPP interface and the login credentials in the PPP connection

2) Create a desktop object for the Internet connection:

2.1) Click the button to Create an Internet object.

Create a new Internet object on the desktop of the Unified Firewall

2.2) Modify the following parameters and click Create:

• Object Name: Enter a descriptive name (in this example WAN-Connection).
• Connections: From the drop-down menu, select the PPP Connection created in step 1.9 and click on the “+” icon to add the object.

Enter a name and PPP connection for the Internet object

3) Saving and activating the configuration steps:

3.1) Click on the Activate button to implement the configuration changes.

Implement the changed configuration parameters

4) Further steps: Allowing communication via packet filter rules

LANCOM R&S®Unified Firewall: Configuring the packet filter