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Chapter 9 WAN
NBG6818 User’s Guide
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Password Type the password associated with the user name above.
MTU Size Enter the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) or the largest packet size per frame that your
NBG6818 can receive and process.
Service Name Enter the PPPoE service name specified in the ISP account.
DNS Server
First DNS Server
Second DNS Server
Third DNS Server
Select User-Defined if you have the IP address of a DNS server. Enter the DNS server's IP
address in the field to the right.
Select None if you do not want to configure DNS servers. If you do not configure a DNS server,
you must know the IP address of a computer in order to access it.
WAN IP Address Assignment
Obtained from ISP Select this option If your ISP did not assign you a fixed IP address. This is the default selection.
Fixed IP Select this option and enter your WAN IP address if the ISP assigned a fixed IP address.
WAN MAC Address
The MAC address section allows users to configure the WAN port's MAC address by using the NBG6818’s MAC
address, copying the MAC address from a computer on your LAN or manually entering a MAC address.
Factory Default Select Factory default to use the factory assigned default MAC Address.
Clone My
Computer’s MAC
Address
Select Clone the computer's MAC address - IP Address and enter the IP address of the
computer on the LAN whose MAC you are cloning.
Set WAN MAC
Address
Select this option and enter the MAC address you want to use.
IPv6 Address
This section is NOT available when you select IPv4 Only in the IPv4/IPv6 field.
Automatic IP
(DHCP)
Select this option if you want to obtain an IPv6 address from a DHCPv6 server.
Select DUID-LL (Default) to have the NBG6818 use DUID-LL (DUID Based on Link-layer
Address) for identification when exchanging DHCPv6 messages.
Select DUID-LLT to have the NBG6818 use DUID-LLT (DUID Based on Link-layer Address Plus
Time) for identification when exchanging DHCPv6 messages.
Static IP Address Select this option if you have a fixed IPv6 address assigned by your ISP.
IPv6 Address Enter the IPv6 address assigned by your ISP.
Prefix length Enter the address prefix length to specify how many most significant bits in an IPv6 address
compose the network address.
Gateway Enter the IPv6 address of the next-hop gateway. The gateway helps forward packets to their
destinations.
Link Local Only Select this option to use the link-local address which uniquely identifies a device on the local
network (the LAN).
IPv6 DNS Server
This section is NOT available when you select IPv4 Only in the IPv4/IPv6 field.
First DNS Server
Second DNS Server
Third DNS Server
Select User-Defined and enter the IPv6 DNS server address assigned by the ISP to have the
NBG6818 use the IPv6 DNS server addresses you configure manually.
Select None if you do not want to configure DNS servers. If you do not configure a DNS server,
you must know the IPv6 address of a computer in order to access it.
LAN & WAN Subnet Conflict
Table 23 Network > WAN > Internet Connection: PPPoE Encapsulation (continued)
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