Chapter 11 Interfaces

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 61 Configuration > Network > Interface > Cellular > Add

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Show Advance

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

Settings / Hide

fields.

Advance Settings

 

 

 

General Settings

 

 

 

Enable

Select this option to turn on this interface.

Interface

 

 

 

Interface

 

Properties

 

 

 

Interface

Select a name for the interface.

Name

 

 

 

Zone

Select the zone to which you want the cellular interface to belong. The

 

zone determines the security settings the ZyWALL uses for the

 

interface.

 

 

Extension Slot

This is the USB slot that you are configuring for use with a 3G card.

 

 

Connected

This displays the manufacturer and model name of your 3G card if you

Device

inserted one in the ZyWALL. Otherwise, it displays none.

 

 

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.

 

 

Connectivity

 

 

 

Nailed-Up

Select this if the connection should always be up. Clear this to have

 

the ZyWALL to establish the connection only when there is traffic. You

 

might not nail up the connection if there is little traffic through the

 

interface or if it costs money to keep the connection available.

 

 

Idle timeout

This value specifies the time in seconds (0~360) that elapses before

 

the ZyWALL automatically disconnects from the ISP’s server. Zero

 

disables the idle timeout.

 

 

ISP Settings

 

 

 

Profile

Select Device to use one of the 3G device’s profiles of device

Selection

settings. Then select the profile (use Profile 1 unless your ISP

 

instructed you to do otherwise).

 

Select Custom to configure your device settings yourself.

 

 

APN

This field is read-only if you selected Device in the profile selection.

 

Select Custom in the profile selection to be able to manually input

 

the APN (Access Point Name) provided by your service provider. This

 

field applies with a GSM or HSDPA 3G card. Enter the APN from your

 

service provider. Connections with different APNs may provide

 

different services (such as Internet access or MMS (Multi-Media

 

Messaging Service)) and charge method.

 

You can enter up to 63 ASCII printable characters. Spaces are

 

allowed.

 

 

 

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