ZyXEL Communications P-870HW-51a v2 User Manual

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P-870HW-51a v2 User’s Guide
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WAN Setup
5.1  Overview
This chapter discusses the ZyXEL Device’s WAN screens. Use these screens to 
configure your ZyXEL Device 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 26   LAN and WAN
• See 
 for advanced technical information on WAN.
5.1.1  What You Can Do in this Chapter
• The Internet Connection screen lets you configure the WAN settings on the 
ZyXEL Device for Internet access (
).
• The More Connections screen lets you set up additional Internet access 
connections (
).
Internet
WAN
LAN