Lans & Wans; Lans, Wans And The Prestige; Figure 3-3 Lan & Wan Ips - ZyXEL Communications Prestige 641 User Manual

3.5 LANs & WANs
A LAN (Local Area Network) is a computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the same
building or floor of a building. A WAN (Wide Area Network), on the other hand is an outside connection to
another network or the Internet.

3.5.1 LANs, WANs and the Prestige

The actual physical connection determines whether the Prestige ports are LAN or WAN ports. There are
two separate IP networks, one inside, the LAN network; the other outside, the WAN network as shown
next.
Internet Access
Prestige 641 ADSL Internet Access Router
LAN
WAN IP
LAN IP
Prestige
The interface to
the LAN is
Ethernet
Figure 3-3 LAN & WAN IPs
WAN
INTERNET
The interface to the Internet or a remote
node is the ADSL port
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