ZyXEL NBG-318S Guía Del Usuario

 Chapter 7 LAN

NBG-318S User’s Guide

Figure 51   Any IP Example

The Any IP feature does not apply to a computer using either a dynamic IP address or a static 
IP address that is in the same subnet as the NBG-318S’s IP address.

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You must enable NAT to use the Any IP feature on the NBG-318S. 

Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) is a protocol for mapping an Internet Protocol address (IP 
address) to a physical machine address, also known as a Media Access Control or MAC 
address, on the local area network. IP routing table is defined on IP Ethernet devices (the 
NBG-318S) to decide which hop to use,

 

to help forward data along to its specified destination.

The following lists out the steps taken, when a computer tries to access the Internet for the first 
time through the NBG-318S.

1 When a computer (which is in a different subnet) first attempts to access the Internet, it 

sends packets to its default gateway (which is not the NBG-318S) by looking at the 
MAC address in its ARP table. 

2 When the computer cannot locate the default gateway, an ARP request is broadcast on 

the LAN. 

3 The NBG-318S receives the ARP request and replies to the computer with its own MAC 

address. 

4 The computer updates the MAC address for the default gateway to the ARP table. Once 

the ARP table is updated, the computer is able to access the Internet through the NBG-
318S. 

5 When the NBG-318S receives packets from the computer, it creates an entry in the IP 

routing table so it can properly forward packets intended for the computer. 

After all the routing information is updated, the computer can access the NBG-318S and the 
Internet as if it is in the same subnet as the NBG-318S.