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Chapter 2 - Management

Network Tab

2.4 Network Tab
The Network > Interfaces tab shows an overview of the network interfaces. You can view and
configure the interfaces of the local area network (LAN) zone as well as the wide area network (WAN)
zone. Network address translation (NAT) occurs between these two network zones. The AP that
performs the NAT is called a gateway. A gateway is a network point that acts as an entrance to another
network.
Figure 2-54: Network > Interfaces Page
Figure 2-55: Interface Overview
The Network column shows that the WAN zone has the physical port wan as its interface.
Figure 2-56: Infotip
An infotip is displayed when hovering the mouse over the icon.
In Figure 2-56, the LAN zone (icon with four Ethernet ports) has the bridged interface "br-lan" which
consists of one physical port (icon with two Ethernet port) and two wireless networks (each icon looking
like a short standing fan) on the device. Hovering the mouse over each icon would give the name of the
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