Setting Up Internet Access - Lancom 821+ Manual

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Chapter 4: Setting up Internet access

4 Setting up Internet access

The LANCOM provides a central point of Internet access for all of the comput-
ers in the LAN.
INTERNET
HEADQUARTER
SERVER LAN ROUTER GATEWAY
Which WAN interface?
Setting up the Internet access is carried out with the help of a convenient Wiz-
ard. In the first step you select the WAN interface that is to be used for estab-
lishing the Internet connection.
To establish an Internet connection via the DSL interface, an external ADSL
modem first has to be connected to one of the device's ETH ports. When set-
ting up the Internet access, you define which ETH port the ADLS modem has
been connected to.
Does the Setup Wizard know your Internet provider?
The Wizard is preset with access data for the principal Internet providers in
your country and offers you a selection list. If you find your Internet provider
in this list, then you generally do not have to enter any additional parameters
to set up your Internet access. All that is required is the authentication data
as supplied to you by your Internet provider.
Internet provider unknown
If the list in the Setup Wizard does not contain your provider, you will be asked
step-by-step for all of the necessary data. This access data will have been sup-
plied to you by your Internet provider.
Other connection options
In addition you can use the Wizard to activate or deactivate additional options
(if supported by your Internet provider):
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