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WAN Setup

5.1 Overview

This chapter discusses the P-2812HNU-51c’s WAN screens. Use these screens to configure your P-2812HNU-51c 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 34 LAN and WAN

LANWAN

Internet

See Section 5.7 on page 125 for advanced technical information on WAN.

5.1.1What You Can Do in this Chapter

•The Layer 2 Interface screen lets you view, remove or add a layer-2 WAN interface (Section 5.4 on page 101).

 

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