C Ha Pte R 6 Bro A Db A Nd; Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter - ZyXEL Communications XMG3512-B10A User Manual

6.1 O ve rvie w
This chapter discusses the XMG'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 20
6.1.1 Wha t Yo u C a n Do in this C ha pte r
• Use the
Bro a db a nd
settings on the XMG for Internet access
• Use the
Adva nc e d
functions
• Use the
Ethe rne t WAN
(Section 6.4 on page
• Use the
802.1x
76).
Table 7 WAN Setup Overview
L AYER- 2 INT ERFAC E
C O NNEC T IO N
ADSL/VDSL over
PTM
Bro a db a nd
screen to view, remove or add a WAN interface. You can also configure the WAN
screen to enable or disable PTM over ADSL, Annex M/Annex J, and DSL PhyR
(Section 6.3 on page 72).
screen to enable the fourth Ethernet LAN port to be an Ethernet WAN port
75).
screen to view and configure the IEEE 802.1X settings on the XMG
INT ERNET C O NNEC T IO N
DSL L INK T YPE MO DE
N/A Routing
Bridge
XMG3512-B10A User's Guide
C
Bro a db a nd
screens. Use these screens to configure your XMG for
WAN
(Section 6.2 on page 65).
ENC APSUL AT IO N
PPPoE
IPoE
N/A
61
HA PTER
(Section 6.5 on page
C O NNEC T IO N SET T ING S
PPP information, IPv4/IPv6 IP address,
routing feature, DNS server, VLAN,
and MTU
IPv4/IPv6 IP address, routing feature,
DNS server, VLAN, and MTU
VLAN
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