ZyXEL Communications NBG4615 User Manual

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WAN
17.1  Overview
This chapter discusses the NBG4615’s WAN screens. Use these screens to configure your NBG4615 
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 94   
LAN and WAN
17.2  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 
(
• Use IGMP Snooping screen to enable IGMP snooping in the LAN ports (
17.3  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 NBG4615.