Wan; Chapter 13 Wan; Overview; What You Can Do - ZyXEL Communications NBG-419N v2 User Manual

13.1 Overview

This chapter discusses the Router's WAN screens. Use these screens to configure your Router 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 84 LAN and WAN

13.2 What You Can Do

• Use the Internet Connection screen
and set how the computer acquires its IP, DNS and WAN MAC addresses.
• Use the Advanced screen
networking and bridge.
• Use IGMP Blocking screen
ports.

13.3 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 Router.
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(Section 13.5 on page 128) to enable multicasting, configure Windows
(Section 13.6 on page 129) to enable IGMP blocking in the LAN
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