ZyXEL Communications wireless n gigbit router zyxel WAN MAC Address, WAN IP Address Assignment

Chapter 4 Connection Wizard

The following table describes the labels in this screen

Table 19 Wizard Step 3: WAN IP and DNS Server Addresses

LABEL	DESCRIPTION
WAN IP Address Assignment
My WAN IP Address	Enter your WAN IP address in this field. The WAN IP address
	should be in the same subnet as your DSL/Cable modem or
	router.
My WAN IP Subnet	Enter the IP subnet mask in this field.
Mask
Gateway IP Address	Enter the gateway IP address in this field.

System DNS Server Address Assignment (if applicable)

DNS (Domain Name System) is for mapping a domain name to its corresponding IP address and vice versa. The DNS server is extremely important because without it, you must know the IP address of a computer before you can access it. The NBG-460N uses a system DNS server (in the order you specify here) to resolve domain names for DDNS and the time server.

First DNS Server	Enter the DNS server's IP address in the fields provided.
Second DNS Server	If you do not configure a system DNS server, you must use IP
Third DNS Server	addresses when configuring DDNS and the time server.
Back	Click Back to return to the previous screen.
Next	Click Next to continue.
Exit	Click Exit to close the wizard screen without saving.

4.4.9 WAN MAC Address

Every Ethernet device has a unique MAC (Media Access Control) address. The MAC address is assigned at the factory and consists of six pairs of hexadecimal characters, for example, 00:A0:C5:00:00:02.

Table 20 Example of Network Properties for LAN Servers with Fixed IP Addresses

Choose an IP address	192.168.1.2-192.168.1.32; 192.168.1.65-192.168.1.254.
Subnet mask	255.255.255.0
Gateway (or default route)	192.168.1.1(NBG-460N LAN IP)

This screen allows users to configure the WAN port's MAC address by either using the NBG-460N’s MAC address, copying the MAC address from a computer on your LAN or manually entering a MAC address. Once it is successfully configured, the address will be copied to the "rom" file (ZyNOS configuration file). It will not change unless you change the setting or upload a different "rom" file. It is

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