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WAN

13.1 Overview

This chapter discusses the Router’s WAN screens. Use these screens to configure your Router for Internet access.

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 84 LAN and WAN

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13.2What You Can Do

Use the Internet Connection screen (Section 13.4 on page 119) to enter your ISP information and set how the computer acquires its IP, DNS and WAN MAC addresses.

Use the Advanced screen (Section 13.5 on page 128) to enable multicasting, configure Windows networking and bridge.

Use IGMP Blocking screen (Section 13.6 on page 129) to enable IGMP blocking in the LAN ports.

13.3What You Need To Know

The information in this section can help you configure the screens for your WAN connection, as well as enable/disable some advanced features of your Router.

 

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