Chapter 7 Interfaces

Each field is described in the table below.

Table 58 Configuration > Network > Interface > Bridge > Create Virtual Interface

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

IPv4/IPv6 View /

Use this button to display both IPv4 and IPv6, IPv4-only, or IPv6-only configuration

IPv4 View / IPv6

fields.

View

 

 

 

Show Advanced

Click this button to display a greater or lesser number of configuration fields.

Settings / Hide

 

Advanced Settings

 

 

 

Create New Object

Click this button to create a DHCPv6 lease or DHCPv6 request object that you may use

 

for the DHCPv6 settings in this screen.

 

 

General Settings

 

 

 

Enable Interface

Select this to enable this interface. Clear this to disable this interface.

 

 

General IPv6

 

Setting

 

 

 

Enable IPv6

Select this to enable IPv6 on this interface. Otherwise, clear this to disable it.

 

 

Interface Properties

 

 

 

Interface Type

Select one of the following option depending on the type of network to which the

 

ZyWALL is connected or if you want to additionally manually configure some related

 

settings.

 

internal is for connecting to a local network. Other corresponding configuration

 

options: DHCP server and DHCP relay. The ZyWALL automatically adds default SNAT

 

settings for traffic flowing from this interface to an external interface.

 

external is for connecting to an external network (like the Internet). The ZyWALL

 

automatically adds this interface to the default WAN trunk.

 

For general, the rest of the screen’s options do not automatically adjust and you must

 

manually configure a policy route to add routing and SNAT settings for the interface.

 

 

Interface Name

This field is read-only if you are editing the interface. Enter the name of the bridge

 

interface. The format is brx, where x is 0 - 11. For example, br0, br3, and so on.

 

 

Zone

Select the zone to which the interface is to belong. You use zones to apply security

 

settings such as firewall, remote management.

 

 

Description

Enter a description of this interface. It is not used elsewhere. You can use alphanumeric

 

and ()+/:=?!*#@$_%- characters, and it can be up to 60 characters long.

Member

 

Configuration

 

 

 

Available

This field displays Ethernet interfaces and VLAN interfaces that can become part of the

 

bridge interface. An interface is not available in the following situations:

 

• There is a virtual interface on top of it

 

• It is already used in a different bridge interface

 

Select one, and click the >> arrow to add it to the bridge interface. Each bridge

 

interface can only have one VLAN interface.

 

 

Member

This field displays the interfaces that are part of the bridge interface. Select one, and

 

click the << arrow to remove it from the bridge interface.

 

 

IP Address

 

Assignment

 

 

 

Get

Select this if this interface is a DHCP client. In this case, the DHCP server configures

Automatically

the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway automatically.

 

 

Use Fixed IP

Select this if you want to specify the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway manually.

Address

 

 

 

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