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AMG-2100
Gigabit Access and AP Management Gateway/
AMG-2101
Gigabit Access and AP Management Gateway Plus
3. Placing AMG-2100/AMG-2101 in a Network
Environment
3.1 Network Requirement
Typically, in a network environment, AMG-2100/AMG-2101 plays the role of a gateway. On a gateway
device, a network port leading upstream to the Internet or the backbone network is called a 'WAN port'
or an uplink port, while a network port used for branching out to the service the clients downstream is
referred as 'LAN port'.
AMG-2100/AMG-2101 consists of two WAN ports, which are normally linking up to another routers or
modems leading to ISP. A gateway needs one WAN port only, but if you want dual-homing or
dual-uplink to add reliability and throughput, the second WAN port let you achieve the goal.
AMG-2100/AMG-2101 has two LAN ports. There could be other network bridge devices, such as
Layer-2 switches or VLAN switches, between AMG-2100/AMG-2101's LAN ports and the client devices.
3.2 Setting up WAN1 Port
AMG-2100/AMG-2101's two WAN ports are marked as WAN1 and WAN2 on the front panel. WAN1 port
supports four connection types: Static, Dynamic, PPPoE and PPTP. WAN2 port supports 3
connection types: Static, Dynamic and PPPoE. These connection types are enough to support most
ISP.
Depending on ISP or the upstream device the WAN port connects, you only need to select one
connection type for the port. For example, if your ISP is Cable modem issuing Dynamic address, then
you would select Dynamic connection when setting up the WAN ports.
Now, let us begin to configure WAN1 port:
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Go to: System >> WAN1
On the WAN1 Configuration Web page, you can decide which of the four connection options (Static,
Dynamic, PPPoE and PPTP) to choose from.
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