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CHAPTER 10
Home Networking
10.1 Home Networking 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 122 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 245).
• 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 250).
• Use the UPnP screen to enable UPnP (Section 10.4 on page 252).
• Use the Additional Subnet screen to configure IP alias and public static IP (Section 10.5 on page 253).
• Use the STB Vendor ID screen to configure the Vendor IDs of the connected Set Top Box (STB) devices,
which have the Zyxel Device automatically create static DHCP entries for the STB devices when they
request IP addresses (Section 10.6 on page 255).
• Use the Wake on LAN screen to remotely turn on a device on the network. (Section 10.7 on page
256).
• Use the TFTP Server Name screen to identify a TFTP server for configuration file download using DHCP
option 66. (Section 10.8 on page 256).
10.1.2 What You Need To Know
The following terms and concepts may help as you read this chapter.
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