Users Manual Part 1

NBG7510 User’s Guide
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Home Networking
10.1 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.
Figure 69 Home Networking Example
10.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• Use the LAN Setup screen to set the LAN IP address, subnet mask, and DHCP settings (Section 10.2 on
page 129).
• Use the Static DHCP screen to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers based
on their MAC addresses (Section 10.3 on page 133).
• Use the UPnP screen to enable UPnP (Section 10.4 on page 135).
• Use the Additional Subnet screen to configure IP alias and public static IP (Section 10.5 on page 136).
• Use the Wake on LAN screen to remotely turn on a device on the network. (Section 10.6 on page
138).
• Use the TFTP Server Name screen to identify a TFTP server for configuration file download using DHCP
option 66. (Section 10.7 on page 139).
10.1.2 What You Need To Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.
10.1.2.1 About LAN
IP Address
Similar to the way houses on a street share a common street name, so too do computers on a LAN share
one common network number. This is known as an Internet Protocol address.