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WAN - Wide Area Network
WAN refers to your Wide Area Network connection, i.e. your router’s connection to your ISP and
the Internet. Here is the item within the WAN section:
WAN Profile.
WAN Profile
Obtain an IP Address Automatically (EWAN)
When connecting to the ISP, This router also functions as a DHCP client. It can automatically obtain
an IP address, netmask, gateway address, and DNS server addresses if the ISP assigns this
information via DHCP.
Profile Port:
Select the profile port as EWAN.
Protocol:
Select
Obtain an IP Address Automatically
.
NAT:
The NAT (Network Address Translation) feature allows multiple users to access the Internet
through a single IP account, sharing the single IP address. If PCs in LAN should share the WAN IP for
WAN access, please enable NAT. If users on your LAN have public IP addresses and can access the
Internet directly, the NAT function can be disabled.
Obtain DNS:
A Domain Name System (DNS) contains a mapping table for domain name and IP
addresses. DNS helps to find the IP address of a specific domain name. Check the checkbox to
obtain DNS automatically.
Primary DNS/ Secondary DNS:
Enter the IP addresses of the DNS servers. The DNS servers are
passed to the DHCP clients along with the IP address and the Netmask.
IPv6:
check to enable IPv6 service. Enter IPv6 Gateway address and set IPv6 DNS as same in IPv4
mode.
Gateway:
type the gateway address to which WAN packets are forwarded.
Obtain IPv6 DNS:
check
Automatic
to obtain DNS automatically. If not, please type the concrete
ones in the Primary and Secondary fields.
