Chapter 11 Interfaces

11.7.1 Bridge Summary

This screen lists every bridge interface and virtual interface created on top of bridge interfaces. To access this screen, click Configuration > Network > Interface > Bridge.

Figure 164 Configuration > Network > Interface > Bridge

Each field is described in the following table.

Table 67 Configuration > Network > Interface > Bridge

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Add

Click this to create a new entry.

 

 

Edit

Double-click an entry or select it and click Edit to open a screen

 

where you can modify the entry’s settings.

 

 

Remove

To remove an entry, select it and click Remove. The ZyWALL

 

confirms you want to remove it before doing so.

 

 

Activate

To turn on an entry, select it and click Activate.

 

 

Inactivate

To turn off an entry, select it and click Inactivate.

 

 

Create Virtual

To open the screen where you can create a virtual interface, select an

Interface

interface and click Create Virtual Interface.

 

 

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.

 

 

#

This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with any

 

interface.

 

 

Status

This icon is lit when the entry is active and dimmed when the entry is

 

inactive.

 

 

Name

This field displays the name of the interface.

 

 

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.

 

 

Member

This field displays the Ethernet interfaces and VLAN interfaces in the

 

bridge interface. It is blank for virtual interfaces.

 

 

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

 

 

Reset

Click Reset to return the screen to its last-saved settings.

 

 

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