ZyXEL Communications wireless n gigabit netusb router User Manual

 Chapter 17 WAN

NBG4615 User’s Guide

Use this screen to enable Multicast and enable Auto-bridge.

Note: The categories shown in this screen are independent of each other. 

IP Address

Enter your WAN IP address in this field if you selected Use Fixed IP 
Address. 

IP Subnet Mask

Your NBG4615 will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP 
address that you assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the 
subnet mask computed by the NBG4615.

Gateway IP 

Address

Enter a Gateway IP Address (if your ISP gave you one) in this field.

WAN IP Address Assignment 

Get automatically 
from ISP 

Select this to get your WAN IP address from your ISP.

Use Fixed IP Address

Select this option If the ISP assigned a fixed IP address. 

My WAN IP 

Address

Enter your WAN IP address in this field if you selected Use Fixed IP 
Address. 

WAN DNS Assignment

First DNS Server

Second DNS Server

Select From ISP if your ISP dynamically assigns DNS server information 
(and the NBG4615's WAN IP address). The field to the right displays the 
(read-only) DNS server IP address that the ISP assigns. 

Select User-Defined if you have the IP address of a DNS server. Enter the 
DNS server's IP address in the field to the right. If you chose User-Defined, 
but leave the IP address set to 0.0.0.0, User-Defined changes to None 
after you click Apply. If you set a second choice to User-Defined, and 
enter the same IP address, the second User-Defined changes to None 
after you click Apply. 

Select None if you do not want to configure DNS servers. If you do not 
configure a DNS server, you must know the IP address of a computer in 
order to access it.

WAN MAC Address

The MAC address section allows users to configure the WAN port's MAC 
address by either using the NBG4615’s MAC address, copying the MAC 
address from a computer on your LAN or manually entering a MAC address. 

Factory default

Select Factory default to use the factory assigned default MAC Address.

Clone the computer’s 
MAC address - IP 
Address

Select Clone the computer's MAC address - IP Address and enter the IP 
address of the computer on the LAN whose MAC you are cloning. 

Set WAN MAC Address Select this option and enter the MAC address you want to use.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG4615.

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

Network > WAN > Internet Connection: L2TP Encapsulation (continued)