Wan; Chapter 10 Wan; Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter - ZyXEL Communications NBG-5715 User Manual

10.1 Overview

This chapter discusses the NBG5715's WAN screens. Use these screens to configure your NBG5715
for Internet access.
A WAN (Wide Area Network) connection is an outside connection to another network or the
Internet. It connects your private networks such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and other
networks, so that a computer in one location can communicate with computers in other locations.
Figure 36 LAN and WAN

10.2 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• Use the Broadband screen to enter your ISP information and set how the computer acquires its
IP, DNS and WAN MAC addresses
• Use the Advanced screen to enable multicasting

10.3 What You Need To Know

The information in this section can help you configure the screens for your WAN connection, as well
as enable/disable some advanced features of your NBG5715.
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