ZyXEL Communications P-870HW-51A V2, User Manual

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Chapter 5 WAN Setup
P-870HW-51a v2 User’s Guide
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Figure 28 WAN > Internet Connection: Advanced Setup
The following table describes the labels in this screen.
Table 11 WAN > Internet Connection: Advanced Setup
LABEL DESCRIPTION
RIP & Multicast
Setup This section is not available when you configure the ZyXEL Device to be in bridge
mode.
RIP Version RIP (Routing Information Protocol) allows a router to exchange routing information
with other routers.
This field is available only when you select ENET ENCAP .
This shows the RIP version used for this WAN connection.
RIP
Operation This field is available only when you select ENET ENCAP .
This shows whether RIP is enabled ( Active ) or not ( Disable ) on this WAN
connection.
IGMP
Multicast Multicast packets are sent to a group of computers on the LAN and are an
alternative to unicast packets (packets sent to one computer) and broadcast
packets (packets sent to every computer).
IGMP (Internet Group Multicast Protocol) is a network-layer protocol used to
establish membership in a multicast group.
The ZyXEL Device supports both IGMP
version 1 and version 2. Select Enable to turn on IGMP. Otherwise, select Disable .
PPPoE
Passthrough
(PPPoE
encapsulation
only) This field is available when you select PPPoE encapsulation.
In addition to the ZyXEL Device's built-in PPPoE client, you can enable PPPoE
pass through to allow up to ten hosts on the LAN to use PPPoE client software on
their computers to connect to the ISP via the ZyXEL Device. Each host can have a
separate account and a public WAN IP address.
PPPoE pass through is an alternative to NAT for application where NAT is not
appropriate.
Disable PPPoE pass through if you do not need to allow hosts on the LAN to use
PPPoE client software on their computers to connect to the ISP.
IP Filter This section is not available when you configure the ZyXEL Device to be in bridge
mode.
IP Filter
Active Select this option to enable IP filtering on this connection.
VLAN