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Configuring Your Internet Connection
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CHAPTER 10 WAN 10.1 Overview This chapter discusses the NBG2105's WAN screens. Use these screens to configure your NBG2105 for Internet access. A WAN (Wide Area Network) connection is an outside connection to another network or the Internet. It connects your private networks such as a LAN (Local Area Network) and other networks, so that a computer in one location can communicate with computers in other locations. 10.2 What You Can Do You can configure your WAN interface to access your ISP in the following ways. • Static IP allows you to configure all NBG2105 WAN IP configuration settings manually (Section 10.4.1 on page 74). • DHCP Client allows the NBG2105 to get its IP configuration from a DHCP server (Section 10.4.2 on page 75). • PPPoE allows the NBG2105 to connect via the Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (Section 10.4.3 on page 76). 10.3 What You Need To Know The information in this section can help you configure the screens for your WAN connection. 10.3.1 Configuring Your Internet Connection Encapsulation Method Encapsulation is used to include data from an upper layer protocol into a lower layer protocol. To set up a WAN connection to the Internet, you need to use the same encapsulation method used by your ISP (Internet Service Provider). If your ISP offers a dial-up Internet connection using PPPoE (PPP over Ethernet), they should also provide a username and password (and service name) for user authentication. NBG2105 User's Guide 73