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Home Networking
7.1 Overview
A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many computers are
attached. A LAN is usually located in one immediate area such as a building or floor of a building.
The LAN screens can help you configure a LAN DHCP server and manage IP addresses.
WAN
LAN
7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• Use the
LAN
Setup
screen to set the LAN IP address, subnet mask, and DHCP settings (
).
• Use the
Static
DHCP
screen to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers
based on their MAC Addresses (
• Use the
IP Alias
screen (
) to configure another logical network in the
physical LAN network.
• Use the
UPnP
screen to enable UPnP (
• Use the
UPnP Rule
screen to
• Use the
IPv6 LAN Setup
screen (
) to configure the IPv6 settings on your
Device’s LAN interface.
• Use the
File Sharing
screen to enable file-sharing server (
• Use the
Printer Server
screen to enable the print server (
).
7.1.2 What You Need To Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.