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Wan settings – GeoDesy FSO GeoData20 series User Manual

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Enable NAT

– select to enable NAT (Network Address Translation), that functions by transforming the

private IP address of packets originating from hosts on your network so that they appear to be coming
from a single public IP address and by restoring the destination public IP address to the appropriate
private IP address for packets entering the private network, the multiple PCs on your network would
then appear as a single client to the W AN interface.

WAN Settings

WAN network settings include settings related to the WAN interface. The access type of the W AN
interface can be configured as: Static IP, Dynamic IP, PPPoE client.

WAN mode

– choose Static IP to specify IP settings for device WAN interface

MAC address

– specify the clone MAC address if required. The ISPs registers the MAC address of the

router, and allows only that MAC address to connect to their network. In such case if there is need to