Wan; Chapter 13 Wan; Overview; What You Can Do - ZyXEL Communications NBG6515 User Manual

13.1 Overview

This chapter discusses the NBG's WAN screens. Use these screens to configure your NBG for
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.
Figure 77 LAN and WAN

13.2 What You Can Do

• Use the Internet Connection screen
and set how the computer acquires its IP, DNS and WAN MAC addresses.
• Use the Advanced screen
networking and bridge.

13.3 What You Need To Know

The information in this section can help you configure the screens for your WAN connection, as well
as enable/disable some advanced features of your NBG.
C
HAPTER
Router
(Section 13.4 on page
(Section 13.5 on page 109) to enable multicasting, configure Windows
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103) to enter your ISP information