Wan; Chapter 11 Wan; Overview; What You Can Do - ZyXEL Communications NBG5615 User Manual

11.1 Overview

This chapter discusses the NBG5615's WAN screens. Use these screens to configure your NBG5615
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 51 LAN and WAN

11.2 What You Can Do

• Use the Internet Connection 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, configure Windows networking and bridge
(Section 11.5 on page

11.3 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 NBG5615.
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