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Broadband
6.1 Overview
This chapter discusses the EMG’s
Broadband
screens. Use these screens to configure your EMG for
Internet access.
A WAN (Wide Area Network) connection is an outside connection to another network or the Internet. It
connects your private networks, such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and other networks, so that a
computer in one location can communicate with computers in other locations.
Figure 22
LAN and WAN
6.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• Use the
Broadband
screen to view, remove or add a WAN interface. You can also configure the WAN
settings on the EMG for Internet access (
6.1.2 What You Need to Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.
Table 10 WAN Setup Overview
LAYER-2
INTERFACE
INTERNET CONNECTION
CONNECTION
MODE
ENCAPSULATION
CONNECTION SETTINGS
Ethernet
Routing
PPPoE
PPP user name and password, WAN
IPv4/IPv6 IP address, routing feature,
DNS server, VLAN, and MTU
IPoE
WAN IPv4/IPv6 IP address, NAT, DNS
server and routing feature
Bridge
N/A
VLAN