ZyXEL Communications wireless active fiber router LAN General Screen, Networking LAN General

Chapter 6 LAN

6.4LAN General Screen

The LAN window General tab allows users to configure and display LAN settings. A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many computers are attached. A LAN is a computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the same building or floor of a building. The LAN windows can help users configure a LAN DHCP server, manage IP addresses, and partition the physical network into logical networks.

Click Networking > LAN > General to open the LAN screen.

Networking > LAN > General

The following table describes the LAN general labels in this screen.

Networking > LAN > General

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
LAN Settings
IP Address	Enter the (LAN) IP address of the FSG1100HN in dotted
	decimal notation 192.168.1.254 (factory default).
Subnet Mask	The subnet mask specifies the network number portion of an IP
	address. The FSG1100HN will automatically calculate the
	subnet mask based on the IP address assigned by the user.
	Unless a user is implementing subnetting, use the subnet mask
	computed by the FSG1100HN. Enter the subnet mask in dotted
	decimal notation.
Default Gateway	Enter a default gateway IP address. This is for use with a
	DHCP server (see the next field).
DHCP	Select Server, Client, or Disabled. If Server is selected,
	assign a range of IP addresses below in the DHCP Client
	Range fields and an IP address for the Default Gateway field
	above.
DHCP Client	When Server is selected, assign a range of contiguous IP
Range	addresses. Click Show Client to display the read-only Active
	DHCP Client Table displayed on the next page.
Static DHCP	Enable or Disable static DHCP. To set up static DHCP,

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