Home Networking; Chapter 9 Home Networking; Home Networking Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter - ZyXEL Communications NR/FWA Outdoor Series User Manual

9.1 Home Networking Overview

A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many computers are
attached. A LAN is usually located in one immediate area such as a building or floor of a building.
The LAN screens can help you configure a LAN DHCP server and manage IP addresses.
Figure 78 Local Area Network of the Zyxel Device

9.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• Use the LAN Setup screen to set the LAN IP address, subnet mask, and DHCP settings
page 123).
• Use the Static DHCP screen to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers based
on their MAC addresses
• Use the UPnP screen to enable UPnP
• Use the Custom DHCP screen to set additional DHCP options
• Use the GRE Tunnel screen to configure a tunnel interface

9.1.2 What You Need To Know

The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.
9.1.2.1 About LAN
IP Address
Similar to the way houses on a street share a common street name, so too do computers on a LAN share
one common network number. This is known as an Internet Protocol address.

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