The Additional Subnet Screen - ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series User Manual

8.7 The Additional Subnet Screen

Use t he Addit iona l Su bne t screen t o configure I P alias and public st at ic I P .
I P alias allows you t o part it ion a physical net work int o different logical net works over t he sam e
Et hernet int erface. The Device support s m ult iple logical LAN int erfaces via it s physical Et hernet
int erface wit h t he Device it self as t he gat eway for t he LAN net work. When you use I P alias, you can
also configure firewall rules t o cont rol access t o t he LAN's logical net work ( subnet ) .
I f your I SP provides t he Public LAN service, t he Device m ay use an LAN I P address t hat can be
accessed from t he WAN.
Click N e t w or k Se t t in g > H om e N e t w or k ing > Addit ion a l Subn e t t o display t he screen shown
next .
Figure 55 Net work Set t ing > Hom e Net working > Addit ional Subnet
The following t able describes t he labels in t his screen.
Table 34 Net work Set t ing > Hom e Net working > Addit ional Subnet
LABEL
I P Alias Set up
Group Nam e
Act ive
I P Address
I P Subnet Mask
Public LAN
Act ive
I P Address
I P Subnet Mask
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DESCRIPTION
Select t he int erface group nam e for which you want t o configure t he I P alias set t ings. See
Chapt er 13 on page 205 for how t o creat e a new int erface group.
Select t he checkbox t o configure a LAN net work for t he Device.
Ent er t he I P address of your Device in dot t ed decim al not at ion.
Your Device will aut om at ically calculat e t he subnet m ask based on t he I P address t hat you
assign. Unless you are im plem ent ing subnet t ing, use t he subnet m ask com put ed by t he
Device.
Select t he checkbox t o enable t he Public LAN feat ure. Your I SP m ust support Public LAN and
St at ic I P .
Ent er t he public I P address provided by your I SP .
Ent er t he public I P subnet m ask provided by your I SP .
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