Chapter 11 Interfaces

Each field is described in the table below.

Table 68 Configuration > Network > Interface > Bridge > Edit

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

Interface

 

 

 

Interface

 

Properties

 

 

 

Interface

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

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, IDP, remote management,

 

anti-virus, and application patrol.

 

 

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

Automatically

server configures the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway

 

automatically.

 

 

Use Fixed IP

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

Address

gateway manually.

 

 

IP Address

This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.

 

Enter the IP address for this interface.

 

 

Subnet Mask

This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.

 

Enter the subnet mask of this interface in dot decimal notation. The

 

subnet mask indicates what part of the IP address is the same for all

 

computers in the network.

 

 

 

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