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P-870HW-51a v2 User’s Guide
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WAN Setup
5.1 Overview
This chapter discusses the ZyXEL Device’s WAN screens. Use these screens to
configure your ZyXEL Device 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 26 LAN and WAN
• See Section 5.6 on page 63 for advanced technical information on WAN.
5.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• The Internet Connection screen lets you configure the WAN settings on the
ZyXEL Device for Internet access ( Section 5.4 on page 53 ).
• The More Connections screen lets you set up additional Internet access
connections ( Section 5.5 on page 57 ).
Internet
WAN
LAN