Wan; C Ha Pte R 9 Wan; Overview; What You Can Do - ZyXEL Communications ARMOR G1 NBG6818 User Manual

9.1 O ve rvie w
This chapter discusses the NBG6818's
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.
LAN and WAN
Fig ure 40
Note: Features in this chapter are not available if you are using bridge mode.
9.2 Wha t Yo u C a n Do
• Use the
Inte rne t C o nne c tio n
its IP, DNS and WAN MAC addresses
• Use the
NAT & Po rt Fo rwa rding
port forwarding settings
• Use the
Pa ssthro ug h
9.6 on page
• Use the
Po rt T rig g e r
• Use the
Dyna m ic DNS
• Use the
UPnP

WAN

screen to enter your ISP information and set how the computer acquires
screen to enable NAT, set a default server and change your NBG6818's
(Section 9.5 on page
screen to configure your NBG6818's ALGs and VPN pass-through settings
91)
screen to configure your NBG6818's trigger port settings
screen to change your NBG6818's DDNS settings
screen to enable UPnP on your NBG6818
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screens. Use these screens to configure your NBG6818 for
(Section 9.4 on page 79).
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(Section 9.9 on page
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HA PTER
WAN
(Section 9.7 on page
(Section 9.8 on page
96).
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92).
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