Before You Begin; The Lan Setup Screen - ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series User Manual

• Assigning lease t im es t o m appings
Windows Messenger is an exam ple of an applicat ion t hat support s NAT t raversal and UPnP .
See t he Chapt er 11 on page 185
Cautions with UPnP
The aut om at ed nat ure of NAT t raversal applicat ions in est ablishing t heir own services and opening
firewall port s m ay present net work securit y issues. Net work inform at ion and configurat ion m ay also
be obt ained and m odified by users in som e net work environm ent s.
When a UPnP device j oins a net work, it announces it s presence wit h a m ult icast m essage. For
securit y reasons, t he Device allows m ult icast m essages on t he LAN only.
All UPnP- enabled devices m ay com m unicat e freely wit h each ot her wit hout addit ional configurat ion.
Disable UPnP if t his is not your int ent ion.
UPnP and ZyXEL
ZyXEL has achieved UPnP cert ificat ion from t he Universal Plug and Play Forum UPnP™
I m plem ent ers Corp. ( UI C) . ZyXEL's UPnP im plem ent at ion support s I nt ernet Gat eway Device ( I GD)
1.0.
See Sect ion 8.5 on page 147
Finding Out More
See Sect ion 8.10 on page 157

8.1.3 Before You Begin

Find out t he MAC addresses of your net work devices if you int end t o add t hem t o t he DHCP Client
List screen.

8.2 The LAN Setup Screen

Use t his screen t o set t he Local Area Net work I P address and subnet m ask of your Device. Click
N e t w or k Se t t ing > H om e N e t w or k ing t o open t he LAN Se t up screen.
Follow t hese st eps t o configure your LAN set t ings.
1 Ent er an I P address int o t he I P Addr e ss field. The I P address m ust be in dot t ed decim al not at ion.
This will becom e t he I P address of your Device.
2 Ent er t he I P subnet m ask int o t he I P Su bn e t M a sk field. Unless inst ruct ed ot herwise it is best t o
leave t his alone, t he configurat or will aut om at ically com put e a subnet m ask based upon t he I P
address you ent ered.
VMG1312-B Series User's Guide
for m ore inform at ion on NAT.
for exam ples of inst alling and using UPnP .
for t echnical background inform at ion on LANs.
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