Verizon MI424-WR User Manual page 82

5
Using Network Connections
5.6 Broadband Ethernet Connection
DHCP Relay Select this option to have the FiOS Router function as a DHCP
relay. To enter a new IP address for the relay, click New IP Address. The
"DHCP Relay Server Address" screen appears. Enter the new IP address in the
appropriate text boxes, then click Apply.
Routing
Routing Mode Select one of the following two Routing modes:
Route
• - Select this option to cause the FiOS Router to act as a router between
two networks.
• NAPT - Select this option to activate NAPT (Network Address and Port
Translation), which refers to network address translation involving the
mapping of port numbers and allows multiple machines to share a single IP
address. Use NAPT if the local network contains multiple devices, a topology
that necessitates port translation in addition to address translation.
Device Metric The device metric is a value used by the FiOS Router to
determine whether one route is superior to another, considering parameters
such as bandwidth, delay, and more.
Default Route Click in this check box to define the connection as a the
default route.
Multicast - IGMP Proxy Default Click in this check box to enable the FiOS
Router to issue IGMP (Internet Group Management Protocol) host messages
on behalf of hosts the FiOS Router discovers through standard IGMP interfaces.
IGMP proxy enables the routing of multicast packets according to the IGMP
requests of local network devices asking to join multicast groups.
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