Chapter 7 Interfaces

Table 41 Configuration > Network > Interface > Ethernet > Edit (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Authentication

Select an authentication method, or disable authentication. To exchange OSPF routing

 

information with peer border routers, you must use the same authentication method

 

that they use. Choices are:

 

Same-as-Area- use the default authentication method in the area

 

None - disable authentication

 

Text - authenticate OSPF routing information using a plain-text password

 

MD5 - authenticate OSPF routing information using MD5 encryption

 

 

Text

This field is available if the Authentication is Text. Type the password for text

Authentication

authentication. The key can consist of alphanumeric characters and the underscore,

Key

and it can be up to 16 characters long.

 

 

 

MD5

This field is available if the Authentication is MD5. Type the ID for MD5

Authentication

authentication. The ID can be between 1 and 255.

ID

 

MD5

This field is available if the Authentication is MD5. Type the password for MD5

Authentication

authentication. The password can consist of alphanumeric characters and the

Key

underscore, and it can be up to 16 characters long.

 

 

 

MAC Address

This section appears when Interface Properties is External or General. Have the

Setting

interface use either the factory assigned default MAC address, a manually specified

 

MAC address, or clone the MAC address of another device or computer.

 

 

Use Default MAC

Select this option to have the interface use the factory assigned default MAC address.

Address

By default, the ZyWALL uses the factory assigned MAC address to identify itself.

 

 

Overwrite

Select this option to have the interface use a different MAC address. Either enter the

Default MAC

MAC address in the fields or click Clone by host and enter the IP address of the device

Address

or computer whose MAC you are cloning. Once it is successfully configured, the

 

 

address will be copied to the configuration file. It will not change unless you change the

 

setting or upload a different configuration file.

 

 

Related Setting

 

 

 

Configure

Click PPPoE/PPTP if this interface’s Internet connection uses PPPoE or PPTP.

PPPoE/PPTP

 

 

 

Configure VLAN

Click VLAN if you want to configure a VLAN interface for this Ethernet interface.

 

 

Configure WAN

Click WAN TRUNK to go to a screen where you can set this interface to be part of a

TRUNK

WAN trunk for load balancing.

 

 

Configure Policy

Click Policy Route to go to the policy route summary screen where you can manually

Route

associate traffic with this interface.

 

You must manually configure a policy route to add routing and SNAT settings for an

 

interface with the Interface Type set to general. You can also configure a policy

 

route to override the default routing and SNAT behavior for an interface with an

 

Interface Type of internal or external.

 

 

OK

Click OK to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.

 

 

7.3.2 Object References

When a configuration screen includes an Object Reference icon, select a configuration object and click Object Reference to open the Object References screen. This screen displays which configuration settings reference the selected object. The fields shown vary with the type of object.

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