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WAN Mode
The WAN mode page allows you to configure how your router should use your external Internet connections.
NAT is a technique which allows several computers on a LAN to share an Internet connection. The computers on the LAN use a "private" IP address range while the WAN port on the router is configured with a single "public" IP address.
Along with connection sharing, NAT also hides internal IP addresses from the computers on the Internet.
NAT (Network Address Translation)
Select NAT if your ISP has assigned only one IP address to you. The computers that connect through the router will need to be assigned IP addresses from a private subnet (example: 192.168.1.0). If your ISP has assigned an IP address for each of the computers that you use, select Classic Routing.
Note: The router will delete all inbound firewall rules when switching between NAT and Classic Routing.
Click Apply to save the changes.
Click Reset to revert to the previous settings.
 

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