what's a wan port ?

Mr Blonde · 13 Feb 2006 at 17:31

Wide Area Network port.
If you're talking about a router/switch/modem etc then it's the port or interface that points out to the internet - the big wide world. Opposed to that are LAN ports - Local Area Network. These are used on your internal network and what you would attach your PC(s), network printer etc to.

tolien · 13 Feb 2006 at 17:31

By the wonders of google:

Definitions of WAN on the Web:
...is a group of computer networks connected together over long distances. The Internet is a WAN.

Stephen7372 · 13 Feb 2006 at 17:57

If I have a VOIP gateway with a WAN and a LAN port can I go in the LAN and out the WAN and connect the computer to the WAN ??

tolien · 13 Feb 2006 at 17:59

Erm, possibly. More detail?

Would suspect the gateway's expecting an internet connection at the WAN port, and all the LAN on the LAN side. Identical to a cable router.

Ricochet J · 13 Feb 2006 at 18:06

Do mean port as in numbers or port as in cable?