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CHAPTER 8
Home Networking
8.1 Overview
A Local Area Network (LAN) is a shared communication system to which many networking devices
are connected. It is usually located in one immediate area such as a building or floor of a building.
Use the LAN screens to help you configure a LAN DHCP server and manage IP addresses.
8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
•Use the LAN Setup screen to set the LAN IP address, subnet mask, and DHCP settings of your
VMG (Section 8.2 on page 141).
•Use the Static DHCP screen to assign IP addresses on the LAN to specific individual computers
based on their MAC Addresses (Section 8.3 on page 144).
•Use the UPnP screen to enable UPnP and UPnP NAT traversal on the VMG (Section 8.4 on page
146).
•Use the Additional Subnet screen to configure IP alias and public static IP (Section 8.5 on page
148).
•Use the STB Vendor ID screen to have the VMG automatically create static DHCP entries for Set
Top Box (STB) devices when they request IP addresses (Section 8.6 on page 150)
•Use the Wake on Lan screen to remotely turn on a device on the network. (Section 8.7 on page
150).
•Use the TFTP Server screen to identify a TFTP server for configuration file download using DHCP
option 66. (Section 8.8 on page 151).
DSL
LAN