Lan; Chapter 10 Lan; Overview; What You Can Do - ZyXEL Communications EMG2926-Q10A User Manual

10.1 Overview

This chapter describes how to configure LAN settings.
A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many computers are
attached. A LAN is a computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the same building or
floor of a building.
Figure 47 LAN Example
The LAN screens can help you configure a manage IP address, and partition your physical network
into logical networks.

10.2 What You Can Do

• Use the IP screen to change the IP address for your EMG2926-Q10A
• Use the IP Alias screen to have the EMG2926-Q10A apply IP alias to create LAN subnets
(Section 10.5 on page
• Use the IPv6 LAN screen to configure the IPv6 address for your EMG2926-Q10A on the LAN
(Section 10.6 on page

10.3 What You Need To Know

The actual physical connection determines whether the EMG2926-Q10A ports are LAN or WAN
ports. There are two separate IP networks, one inside the LAN network and the other outside the
WAN network as shown next.
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(Section 10.4 on page 90).