How to change Ethernet port on VG710 to a WAN port

[JayFreemanJin]

1. Go
   to Network>>VLAN>>configure VLAN parameters, then change the
   port needs to be WAN to a different VLAN.
   
2. Go
   to Routing>>static routing>>static routing, then create a
   routing rule like following. Link with smaller distance will have higher
   priority.
   


3. Go
   to Services>>DHCP>>DHCP server, disable whatever DHCP server you
   have there. Click OK then apply.
   
4. Then
   go to DHCP Client, enable VLAN2 as a DHCP Client.
   
5. go back to DHCP Server, then re-enable the DHCP Server for bridge 1.
   
6. go to Firewall>>ACL, add a duplicate of ACL #100, change the ID number to any number not in use. 101 is used in following example.
   
7. Go to Firewall>>NAT, add an ACL-to-Interface SNAT using the ACL created in step.6 for VLAN2.
   

[zhaoye]

Here's a quick setup method for change Ethernet port on VG710 to a WAN port

1.Go

to Network>>VLAN>>configure VLAN parameters, then change the
port needs to be WAN to a different VLAN.

2.Go
to Wizards>>New WAN, Select the vlan2 interface created in step 1 for WAN port configuration

Method 1 Static IP configuration

Method 1  Automatic IP configuration

With the above 2 steps configured correctly and cables connected, you can now use the Ethernet port as WAN.

[zhaoye]

Corrected to: "Method 2:  Automatic IP configuration"