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WAN
8.1 Overview
This chapter discusses the
A WAN (Wide Area Network) connection is an outside connection to another network or the Internet. It connects your private networks (such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and other networks, so that a computer in one location can communicate with computers in other locations.
Figure 56 LAN and WAN
See the chapter about the connection wizard for more information on the fields in the WAN screens.
8.2What You Can Do
•Use the Internet Connection screen (Section 8.4 on page 103) to enter your ISP information and set how the computer acquires its IP, DNS and WAN MAC addresses.
•Use the Advanced screen (Section 8.5 on page 109) to enable multicasting, configure Windows networking and bridge.
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