8.1 Overview
A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many networking devices
are connected. It is usually located in one immediate area such as a building or floor of a building.
Use the LAN screens to help you configure a LAN DHCP server and manage IP addresses.
LAN
8.1.1 What You Can Do in the LAN Screens
• Use the LAN Setup screen to set the LAN IP address, subnet mask, and DHCP settings of your
AMG1312-T Series
• Use the Static DHCP screen to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers
based on their MAC Addresses
• Use the IP Alias screen
settings.
• Use the UPnP screen to enable UPnP and UPnP NAT traversal on the AMG1312-T Series
8.5 on page
• Use the IPv6 LAN Setup screen
your AMG1312-T Series's LAN interface.
• Use the File Sharing screen to enable file-sharing server
AMG1312-T Series User's Guide
(Section 8.2 on page
(Section 8.3 on page
(Section 8.4 on page
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119).
120) to change your AMG1312-T Series's IP alias
122) to configure the IPv6 settings on
(Section 8.7 on page
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