2. IPv4 and IPv6 Internet and Broadband

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Settings

This chapter explains how to configure the Internet and WAN settings. The chapter contains the following sections:

Internet and WAN Configuration Tasks

Configure the IPv4 Internet Connection and WAN Settings

Configure the IPv6 Internet Connection and WAN Settings

Configure Advanced WAN Options and Other Tasks

What to Do Next

Internet and WAN Configuration Tasks

The tasks that are required to complete the Internet connection of your wireless VPN firewall depend on whether you use an IPv4 connection or an IPv6 connection to your Internet service provider (ISP).

Note: The wireless VPN firewall supports simultaneous IPv4 and IPv6 connections.

Tasks to Set Up an IPv4 Internet Connection to Your ISP

Complete these four tasks:

1.Configure the IPv4 WAN mode. Select either NAT or classical routing: see Configure the IPv4 WAN Mode on page 27.

2.Configure the IPv4 Internet connection to your ISP. Connect to your ISP: See one of the following sections:

Let the Wireless VPN Firewall Automatically Detect and Configure an IPv4 Internet Connection on page 28

Manually Configure an IPv4 Internet Connection on page 31

You can also program the WAN traffic meter if you wish: see Enable the WAN Traffic Meter on page 346.

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NETGEAR FVS318N manual Internet and WAN Configuration Tasks, Tasks to Set Up an IPv4 Internet Connection to Your ISP