Chapter 5 WAN Setup

5.4.1 Advanced Internet Connection Setup

Use this screen to edit your ZyXEL Device's advanced WAN settings. Click the Advanced Setup button in the Internet Connection screen. The screen appears as shown.

Figure 28 WAN > Internet Connection: Advanced Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 10 WAN > Internet Connection: Advanced Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

RIP & Multicast

This section is not available when you configure the ZyXEL Device to be

Setup

in bridge mode.

 

 

RIP Version

RIP (Routing Information Protocol) allows a router to exchange routing

 

information with other routers.

 

This field is available only when you select ENET ENCAP.

 

This shows the RIP version used for this WAN connection.

 

 

RIP

This field is available only when you select ENET ENCAP.

Operation

This shows whether RIP is enabled (Active) or not (Disable) on this

 

 

WAN connection.

 

 

IGMP

Multicast packets are sent to a group of computers on the LAN and are

Multicast

an alternative to unicast packets (packets sent to one computer) and

 

broadcast packets (packets sent to every computer).

 

IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a network-layer protocol

 

used to establish membership in a multicast group. The ZyXEL Device

 

supports both IGMP version 1 and version 2. Select Enable to turn on

 

IGMP. Otherwise, select Disable.

 

 

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