Barracuda Networks VERSION SP4 manual Adapters, Listing is divided into the following columns

3.3Adapters

The Adapters tab 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. 3–8Adapter view

The listing is divided into the following columns:

Table 3–4Adapter 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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