ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N

Table 12. Add Known PCs and Devices section settings (continued)

Setting

Description

 

 

IP Address

Enter the IP address that this computer or device is assigned to:

 

• If the IP address type is Fixed (set on PC), the IP address needs to be outside of

 

the address range that is allocated to the DHCP server pool to prevent the IP

 

address from also being allocated by the DHCP server.

 

• If the IP address type is Reserved (DHCP Client), the IP address can be inside or

 

outside the address range that is allocated to the DHCP server pool.

 

Note: Make sure that the IP address is in the IP subnet for the VLAN profile that

 

you select from the Profile Name drop-down list.

 

 

MAC Address

Enter the MAC address of the computer’s or device’s network interface. The MAC

 

address format is six colon-separated pairs of hexadecimal characters (0–9 and

 

a–f), such as 01:23:d2:6f:89:ab.

 

 

Group

From the drop-down list, select the group to which the computer or device is

 

assigned. (Group 1 is the default group.)

 

 

Profile Name

From the drop-down list, select the name of the VLAN profile to which the computer

 

or device is assigned.

 

 

2.Click the Add table button to add the computer or device to the Known PCs and Devices table.

3.As an optional step: To save the binding between the IP address and MAC address for the entry that you just added to the Known PCs and Devices table, select the check box for the table entry, and click the Save Binding button.

Note: The saved binding is also displayed on the IP/MAC Binding screen (see Figure 99 on page 186).

Edit Computers or Devices in the Network Database

To edit computers or devices manually in the network database:

1.In the Known PCs and Devices table of the LAN Groups screen (see the previous figure), click the Edit table button of a table entry. The Edit LAN Groups screen displays (see the following figure, which contains an example).

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