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CHAPTER 6
Home Networking
6.1 Overview
A Local Ar ea Network ( LAN) is a shar ed com m unication system t o which m any com puters are
att ached. A LAN is usually located in one im m ediat e area such as a building or floor of a building.
The LAN screens can help you configure a LAN DHCP server and m anage I P addresses.
6.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• Use the LAN Setup screen t o set t he LAN I P address, subnet m ask, and DHCP set tings (Section
6.2 on page 71
) .
• Use the St a t ic D H CP screen to assign I P addresses on t he LAN to specific individual com put ers
based on their MAC Addresses ( Sect ion 6.3 on page 72).
• Use the UPnP screen t o enable UPnP (
Section 6.4 on page 73) .
6.1.2 What You Need To Know
The following term s and concept s m ay help as you read this chapt er.
6.1.2.1 About LAN
IP Address
Sim ilar t o t he way houses on a street shar e a com m on str eet nam e, so t oo do com put ers on a LAN
share one com m on net work num ber. This is know n as an I nternet Prot ocol address.
WAN
LAN