Barracuda Networks VERSION SP4 manual Adapters, 19Adapter objects window

9.8.6Adapters

The Adapters view allows you to view and configure network adapters available on the system. Adapters may be employed in firewall rules, in order to restrict rule processing to a specific adapter or a set of adapters only.

Fig. 9–19Adapter objects window

The listing is divided into the following columns:

Table 9–8Adapter Object view details

Column		Description
Name		Name of the adapter object.
Referenced by Number of references pointing to the adapter object
Status		Current connection status of the adapter object (connected / disabled / multi)
IP’s		IP addresses and / or references assigned to the adapter object
Trust		Trust type assigned to the adapter object (trusted / untrusted)
Comment		Optional adapter object description
In the	Adapter Objects view, several dynamic adapter objects (flagged with the icon) are

preconfigured.

Dynamic objects are updated at runtime when adapter configuration changes and cannot be edited manually. In order to work, Automatic Adapter Assignment must be selected in the Firewall Settings (9.4.1 Firewall Menu, page 91).

The following objects (assigned with status multi) are available:

•Adapter [Dial-up]

This object summarizes all dial-up adapters available on the system (for example, UMTS, ISDN, and modem cards).

•Adapter [Ethernet]

This object summarizes all Ethernet adapters available on the system (for example, LAN de- vices).

•Adapter [Wireless]

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