ZyXEL Communications NBG-417N manual Wizard WAN MAC Address

Chapter 4 Connection Wizard

4.4.9 WAN MAC Address

Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02.

Table 17 Example of Network Properties for LAN Servers with Fixed IP Addresses

Choose an IP address	192.168.1.2-192.168.1.32; 192.168.1.65-192.168.1.254.
Subnet mask	255.255.255.0
Gateway (or default route)	192.168.1.1(NBG-417N LAN IP)

This screen allows users to configure the WAN port's MAC address by either using the NBG-417N’s MAC address, copying the MAC address from a computer on your LAN or manually entering a MAC address. Once it is successfully configured, the address will be copied to configuration file. It is advisable to clone the MAC address from a computer on your LAN even if your ISP does not presently require MAC address authentication.

Figure 21 Wizard Step 3: WAN MAC Address

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 18 Wizard Step 3: WAN MAC Address

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
Factory Default	Select Factory Default to use the factory assigned default MAC
	address.
Clone the	Select this option and enter the IP address of the computer on the
computer’s MAC	LAN whose MAC you are cloning. It is advisable to clone the MAC
address	address from a computer on your LAN even if your ISP does not
	presently require MAC address authentication.
Set WAN MAC	Select this option and enter the MAC address you want to use.
Address
Back	Click Back to return to the previous screen.
Next	Click Next to continue.
Exit	Click Exit to close the wizard screen without saving.

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