Broadband; Chapter 6 Broadband; Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter - ZyXEL Communications VMG1312-B Series User Manual

6.1 Overview

This chapt er discusses t he Device's Br oa dba n d screens. Use t hese screens t o configure your
Device for I nt ernet access.
A WAN ( Wide Area Net work) connect ion is an out side connect ion t o anot her net work or t he
I nt ernet . I t connect s your privat e net works, such as a LAN ( Local Area Net work) and ot her
net works, so t hat a com put er in one locat ion can com m unicat e wit h com put ers in ot her locat ions.
Figure 17 LAN and WAN
3G ( t hird generat ion) st andards for t he sending and receiving of voice, video, and dat a in a m obile
environm ent .
You can at t ach a 3G wireless adapt er t o t he USB port and set t he Device t o use t his 3G connect ion
as your WAN or a backup when t he wired WAN connect ion fails.
Figure 18 3G WAN Connect ion

6.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• Use t he Br oa dba n d screen t o view, rem ove or add a WAN int erface. You can also configure t he
WAN set t ings on t he Device for I nt ernet access (
• Use t he 3 G Ba ck up screen t o configure 3G WAN connect ion (
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