User's Manual
Table Of Contents
- Contents Overview
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Introducing the Web Configurator
- Internet / Wireless Setup Wizard
- Tutorials
- 4.1 Overview
- 4.2 Setting Up Your DSL Connection
- 4.3 IPv6 Address Configuration
- 4.4 Setting Up a Secure Wireless Network
- 4.5 Configuring the MAC Address Filter for Restricting Wireless Internet Access
- 4.6 Setting Up NAT Forwarding for a Game Server
- 4.7 Configuring Firewall Rules to Allow a Specified Service
- 4.8 Configuring Static Route for Routing to Another Network
- 4.9 Port Binding Configuration
- 4.10 Configuring QoS to Prioritize Traffic
- 4.11 Access the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries from the Internet Using DDNS
- Connection Status and System Info Screens
- Broadband
- Wireless LAN
- Home Networking
- Static Route
- Quality of Service (QoS)
- Network Address Translation (NAT)
- Port Binding
Chapter 8 Home Networking
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8.7 Home Networking Technical Reference
This section provides some technical background information about the topics covered in this
chapter.
8.7.1 LANs, WANs and the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries
The actual physical connection determines whether the AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries ports are LAN
or WAN ports. There are two separate IP networks, one inside the LAN network and the other
outside the WAN network as shown next.
Figure 54 LAN and WAN IP Addresses
8.7.2 DHCP Setup
DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol, RFC 2131 and RFC 2132) allows individual clients to
obtain TCP/IP configuration at start-up from a server. You can configure the AMG1302/AMG1202-
TSeries as a DHCP server or disable it. When configured as a server, the AMG1302/AMG1202-
TSeries provides the TCP/IP configuration for the clients. If you turn DHCP service off, you must
have another DHCP server on your LAN, or else the computer must be manually configured.
IP Pool Setup
The AMG1302/AMG1202-TSeries is pre-configured with a pool of IP addresses for the DHCP clients
(DHCP Pool). Do not assign static IP addresses from the DHCP pool to your LAN computers.
8.7.3 DNS Server Addresses
DNS (Domain Name System) maps a domain name to its corresponding IP address and vice versa.
The DNS server is extremely important because without it, you must know the IP address of a
computer before you can access it. The DNS server addresses you enter when you set up DHCP are
passed to the client machines along with the assigned IP address and subnet mask.
There are two ways that an ISP disseminates the DNS server addresses.
• The ISP tells you the DNS server addresses, usually in the form of an information sheet, when
you sign up. If your ISP gives you DNS server addresses, enter them in the DNS Server fields in
the DHCP Setup screen.
WAN
LAN