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Chapter 25 Product Specifications

Table 68 Firmware Features

FEATURE	DESCRIPTION
Bandwidth Management	You can efficiently manage traffic on your network by reserving
	bandwidth and giving priority to certain types of traffic and/or
	to particular computers.
Remote Management	This allows you to decide whether a service (HTTP or FTP traffic
	for example) from a computer on a network (LAN or WAN for
	example) can access the NBG-417N.
Wireless LAN Scheduler	You can schedule the times the Wireless LAN is enabled/
	disabled.
Time and Date	Get the current time and date from an external server when
	you turn on your NBG-417N. You can also set the time
	manually. These dates and times are then used in logs.
Port Forwarding	If you have a server (mail or web server for example) on your
	network, then use this feature to let people access it from the
	Internet.
DHCP (Dynamic Host	Use this feature to have the NBG-417N assign IP addresses, an
Configuration Protocol)	IP default gateway and DNS servers to computers on your
	network.
Dynamic DNS Support	With Dynamic DNS (Domain Name System) support, you can
	use a fixed URL, www.zyxel.com for example, with a dynamic
	IP address. You must register for this service with a Dynamic
	DNS service provider.
IP Multicast	IP Multicast is used to send traffic to a specific group of
	computers. The NBG-417N supports versions 1 and 2 of IGMP
	(Internet Group Management Protocol) used to join multicast
	groups (see RFC 2236).
Logging	Use logs for troubleshooting. You can view logs in the Web
	Configurator.
PPPoE	PPPoE mimics a dial-up Internet access connection.
PPTP Encapsulation	Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) enables secure
	transfer of data through a Virtual Private Network (VPN). The
	NBG-417N supports one PPTP connection at a time.
Universal Plug and Play	The NBG-417N can communicate with other UPnP enabled
(UPnP)	devices in a network.

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