Setting Up Your Local Area Network
Planning your network
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For this topology, connect a standard telephone cable to the modem port and to the RJ11
port on the telephone or wall jack.
Once you have configured the Magnia SG20 with your Internet Service Provider’s dial-up
settings, any client computer can request Internet content, such as a Web page or email,
and the Magnia SG20 will automatically dial out to the Internet.
Stand-alone with broadband connection
Broadband connection
The Magnia SG20 can connect to broadband communications through the public
Ethernet port.
Using an RJ45 cable, connect the Magnia SG20’s public Ethernet port to a cable modem
or Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) modem.
Corporate environment
In this topology, the Magnia SG20’s public Ethernet port is connected to a corporate
LAN.
Direct connection to a LAN
Direct connection to the corporate LAN is via DHCP client or static IP address.
You perform the initial setup through the private (Magnia SG20) network. Assuming the
corporate LAN can be considered a trusted and secure environment, you can turn off the
DEFINITION: Firewall is a term for the security procedures used to prohibit
unauthorized users from gaining access to the resources on the network.
For more information about firewalls, see
Internet security and the firewall
DEFINITION: DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) is a TCP/IP protocol
that enables PCs and client computers to get temporary IP addresses from
centrally-administered servers.
Cable modem / DSL / T1 port
Up to seven computers