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LAN Screens
This chapter describes how to configure LAN settings. This chapter is only applicable when 
the ZyWALL is in router mode. 
6.1  LAN, WAN and the ZyWALL
A network is a shared communication system to which many computers are attached. 
The Local Area Network (LAN) includes the computers and networking devices in your home 
or office that you connect to the ZyWALL’s LAN ports.  
The Wide Area Network (WAN) is another network (most likely the Internet) that you connect 
to the ZyWALL’s WAN port. See 
 for how to use the WAN screens to 
set up your WAN connection. 
The LAN and the WAN are two separate networks. The ZyWALL controls the traffic that 
goes between them. The following graphic gives an example. 
Figure 91   LAN and WAN 
6.2  IP Address and Subnet Mask
Similar to the way houses on a street share a common street name, so too do computers on a 
LAN share one common network number.