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Chapter 7 Home Networking 77
CHAPTER 7
Chapter 7
Home Networking
7.1 Overview
A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many computers are
attached. A LAN is usually located in one immediate area such as a building or floor of a building.
The LAN screens can help you configure a LAN DHCP server and
manage IP addresses.
WAN
LAN
7.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
•Use the LAN Setup screen to set the LAN IP address, subnet mask, and DHCP settings (Section 7.2
on page 80).
•Use the Static DHCP s
creen to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers
based on their MAC Addresses (Section 7.3 on page 82).
•Use the IP Alias s
creen (Section 7.4 on page 84) to configure another logical network in the
physical LAN network.
•Use the UPnP s
creen to enable UPnP (Section 7.5 on page 85).
•Use the UPnP Rule scr
een to
•Use the IPv6 LAN Se
tup screen (Section 7.6 on page 86) to configure the IPv6 settings on your
Device’s LAN interface.
•Use the File Sharing sc
reen to enable file-sharing server (Section 7.7 on page 91).
•Use the P
rinter Server screen to enable the print server (Section 7.8 on page 95).
7.1.2 What You Need To Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.