User's Manual

WAN Connection Settings (Cellular)

Clicking an Ethernet WAN connection will result in the following screens:

WAN Connection Settings

WAN

Connection

Name

Indicate a name you wish to give this WAN connection

Enable

Click the checkbox to toggle the on and off state of this connection.

Routing Mode

This option allows you to select the routing method to be used in routing IP frames via the

WAN connection. The mode can be either NAT (Network Address Translation) or IP

Forwarding.

In the case if you need to choose IP Forwarding for your scenario. Click the button to

enable IP Forwarding.

DNS Servers

Each ISP may provide a set of DNS servers for DNS lookups. This setting specifies the

DNS (Domain Name System) servers to be used when a DNS lookup is routed through this

connection.

Selecting Obtain DNS server address automatically results in the DNS servers assigned by

the WAN DHCP server being used for outbound DNS lookups over the connection. (The DNS

servers are obtained along with the WAN IP address assigned by the DHCP server.) When

Use the following DNS server address(es) is selected, you may enter custom DNS server

addresses for this WAN connection into the DNS server 1 and DNS server 2 fields.

Connection

This option allows you to configure the WAN connection whether for normal daily usage or as

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