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EMG6765-Q10A User’s Guide
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8.1 Overview
This chapter discusses the EMG6765-Q10A’s WAN screens. Use these screens to configure your EMG6765-
Q10A 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 24 LAN and WAN
8.2 What You Can Do
• Use the Internet Connection screen to enter your ISP information and set how the computer acquires
its IP, DNS and WAN MAC addresses ( Section 8.4 on page 62 ).
8.3 What You Need To Know
The information in this section can help you configure the screens for your WAN connection, as well as
enable/disable some advanced features of your EMG6765-Q10A.
8.3.1 Configuring Your Internet Connection
Encapsulation Method
Encapsulation is used to include data from an upper layer protocol into a lower layer protocol. To set up
a WAN connection to the Internet, you need to use the same encapsulation method used by your ISP
(Internet Service Provider). If your ISP offers a dial-up Internet connection using PPPoE (PPP over