Chapter 6 Broadband
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IPv6 Subnet Masking
Bot h an I Pv6 address and I Pv6 subnet m ask com pose of 128- bit binary digit s, which are divided
into eight 16- bit blocks and writt en in hexadecim al not ation. Hexadecim al uses four bits for each
character (1 ~ 10, A ~ F) . Each block’s 16 bits are t hen represented by four hexadecim al
characters. For exam ple, FFFF: FFFF: FFFF: FFFF: FC00: 0000: 0000: 0000.
6.1.3 Before You Begin
You need t o know your I nt ernet access set t ings such as encapsulation and WAN I P address. Get t his
inform ation from your I SP.
6.2 The Broadband Screen
Use t his screen to change your Device’s I nternet access set tings. Click N e t w ork Se t t in g >
Broadband from the m enu. The sum m ary table shows you the configured WAN services
( connect ions) on the Device.
Figure 19 Net work Sett ing > Broadband
The following t able describes t he labels in t his screen.
Table 7 Network Sett ing > Broadband
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Add new WAN
I nt erface
Click this but t on t o create a new connect ion.
# This is the index num ber of t he ent r y.
Nam e This is the service nam e of the connect ion.
Type This shows w het her it is an ATM, PTM, or Ethernet connect ion.
Mode This shows whet her the connect ion is in rout ing or bridge m ode.
Encapsulation This is the m et hod of encapsulat ion used by t his connect ion.
802.1p This indicat es the 802.1p priority level assigned to t raffic sent through t his connect ion. This
displays N / A when t here is no priority level assigned.
802.1q This indicat es the VLAN I D num ber assigned t o t raffic sent t hrough t his connect ion. This
displays N / A when t here is no VLAN I D num ber assigned.
I GMP Pr oxy This shows whet her the Device act as an I GMP proxy on this connection.
NAT This shows whether NAT is act ivat ed or not for this connection.
Default
Gateway
This shows w hether t he Device use the WAN interface of t his connect ion as t he system
default gat eway.
I Pv6 This shows whet her I Pv6 is activat ed or not for t his connect ion. I Pv6 is not available when
the connect ion uses t he bridging service.