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Chapter 11 Interfaces
Each field is described in the following table.
Table 54 Configuration > Network > Interface > Ethernet
LABEL | DESCRIPTION |
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Remove | To remove a virtual interface, select it and click Remove. The |
| ZyWALL confirms you want to remove it before doing so. |
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Activate | To turn on an interface, select it and click Activate. |
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Inactivate | To turn off an interface, select it and click Inactivate. |
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Create Virtual | To open the screen where you can create a virtual Ethernet interface, |
Interface | select an Ethernet interface and click Create Virtual Interface. |
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Object References | Select an entry and click Object References to open a screen that |
| shows which settings use the entry. See Section 11.3.2 on page 230 |
| for an example. |
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# | This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with any |
| interface. |
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Status | This icon is lit when the entry is active and dimmed when the entry is |
| inactive. |
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Name | This field displays the name of the interface. |
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IP Address | This field displays the current IP address of the interface. If the IP |
| address is 0.0.0.0, the interface does not have an IP address yet. |
| This screen also shows whether the IP address is a static IP address |
| (STATIC) or dynamically assigned (DHCP). IP addresses are always |
| static in virtual interfaces. |
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Mask | This field displays the interface’s subnet mask in dot decimal notation. |
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Apply | Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL. |
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Reset | Click Reset to return the screen to its |
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11.3.1 Ethernet Edit
The Ethernet Edit screen lets you configure IP address assignment, interface parameters, RIP settings, OSPF settings, DHCP settings, connectivity check, and MAC address settings. To access this screen, click an Edit icon in the Ethernet Summary screen. (See Section 11.3 on page 219.)
The WAN interface’s Edit > Configuration screen is shown here as an example.
Note: If you create IP address objects based on an interface’s IP address, subnet, or gateway, the ZyWALL automatically updates every rule or setting that uses the object whenever the interface’s IP address settings change. For example, if you change LAN1’s IP address, the ZyWALL automatically updates the corresponding
With RIP, you can use Ethernet interfaces to do the following things.
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