Lan; Chapter 12 Lan; Overview; What You Can Do - ZyXEL Communications NBG6503 User Manual

12.1 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. The LAN screens can help you configure a LAN DHCP server, manage IP
addresses, and partition your physical network into logical networks.
Figure 78 LAN Example
The LAN screens can help you manage IP addresses.

12.2 What You Can Do

• Use the IP screen
• Use the IP Alias screen
subnets.

12.3 What You Need To Know

The actual physical connection determines whether the NBG 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.
C
(Section 12.4 on page 106) to change the IP address for your NBG.
(Section 12.5 on page
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HAPTER
107) to have the NBG apply IP alias to create LAN
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LAN