Chapter 10 Interface

Figure 154 Interface Wizard: Non-WAN OPT Interface Setup

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 54 Interface Wizard: Non-WAN OPT Interface Setup

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Zone

Select the security zone to which you want this interface to belong.

 

 

IP Address

Enter the IP address for this interface.

 

 

IP Subnet Mask

Enter the subnet mask of this interface in dot decimal notation. The subnet mask

 

indicates what part of the IP address is the same for all computers in the network.

 

 

Enable DHCP

Select this to have the assign IP addresses and provide subnet mask, gateway,

Server

and DNS server information to the network. The ZyWALL is the DHCP server for

 

the network.

 

 

IP Pool Start

Enter the IP address from which the ZyWALL begins allocating IP addresses.

Address

If this field is blank, the Pool Size must also be blank. In this case, the ZyWALL

 

can assign every IP address allowed by the interface’s IP address and subnet

 

mask, except for the first address (network address), last address (broadcast

 

address) and the interface’s IP address.

 

 

Pool Size

Enter the number of IP addresses to allocate. This number must be at least one

 

and is limited by the interface’s Subnet Mask. For example, if the Subnet Mask is

 

255.255.255.0 and IP Pool Start Address is 10.10.10.10, the ZyWALL can

 

allocate 10.10.10.10 to 10.10.10.254, or 245 IP addresses.

 

If this field is blank, the IP Pool Start Address must also be blank. In this case, the

 

ZyWALL can assign every IP address allowed by the interface’s IP address and

 

subnet mask, except for the first address (network address), last address

 

(broadcast address) and the interface’s IP address.

 

 

Add default

Select this option to have the ZyWALL automatically configure default policy routes

policy routes for

to allow users connected to this interface to access the WAN. Only clear this check

WAN access

box if you want to manually configure policy routes for traffic from the users

 

connected to this interface.

 

 

Back

Click Back to return to the previous screen.

 

 

Next

Click Next to continue to Section 10.5.6 on page 219.

 

 

10.5.4 Interface Wizard: WAN Zone and IP Address Assignment

Use this screen to select to which zone the interface belongs and whether is should use a fixed or dynamic IP address.

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