Broadband; Chapter 6 Broadband; Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter - ZyXEL Communications XMG3512-B10A User Manual

6.1 Overview

This chapter discusses the XMG's Broadband screens. Use these screens to configure your XMG 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 20 LAN and WAN

6.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• Use the Broadband screen to view, remove or add a WAN interface. You can also configure the WAN
settings on the XMG for Internet access
• Use the Advanced screen to enable or disable PTM over ADSL, Annex M/Annex J, and DSL PhyR
functions
• Use the Ethernet WAN screen to enable the fourth Ethernet LAN port to be an Ethernet WAN port
(Section 6.4 on page
• Use the 802.1x screen to view and configure the IEEE 802.1X settings on the XMG
77).
Table 7 WAN Setup Overview
LAYER-2 INTERFACE
CONNECTION
ADSL/VDSL over
PTM
(Section 6.3 on page 73).
76).
INTERNET CONNECTION
DSL LINK TYPE MODE
N/A Routing
Bridge
XMG3512-B10A User's Guide
C

Broadband

WAN
(Section 6.2 on page 66).
ENCAPSULATION
PPPoE
IPoE
N/A
62
H A P T E R
(Section 6.5 on page
CONNECTION SETTINGS
PPP information, IPv4/IPv6 IP address,
routing feature, DNS server, VLAN,
and MTU
IPv4/IPv6 IP address, routing feature,
DNS server, VLAN, and MTU
VLAN
6