Chapter 11 Lan; Overview; What You Can Do; What You Need To Know - ZyXEL Communications PLA4231 User Manual

11.1 Overview

This chapter describes how to configure LAN settings.
A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many computers are
attached. A LAN is a computer network limited to the immediate area, usually the same building or
floor of a building. The LAN screens can help you configure the manage IP address, and partition
your physical network into logical networks.
Figure 55 LAN Example
The LAN screens can help you manage IP addresses.

11.2 What You Can Do

• Use the IP screen
server information.
• Use the IP Alias screen
LAN subnets.

11.3 What You Need To Know

There are two separate IP networks, one inside the LAN network and the other outside the WAN
network as shown next.
PLA4231 User's Guide
LAN
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(Section 11.5 on page
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85) to have the PLA4231 apply IP alias to create
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