Chapter 11 Interfaces

interface, VLAN interface, or bridge interface in the respective interface summary screen.

Figure 166 Configuration > Network > Interface > Add

Each field is described in the table below.

Table 69 Configuration > Network > Interface > Add

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Interface

 

Properties

 

 

 

Interface

This field is read-only. It displays the name of the virtual interface,

Name

which is automatically derived from the underlying Ethernet interface,

 

VLAN interface, or bridge interface.

 

 

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.

 

 

IP Address

 

Assignment

 

 

 

IP Address

Enter the IP address for this interface.

 

 

Subnet Mask

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.

 

 

Gateway

Enter the IP address of the gateway. The ZyWALL sends packets to

 

the gateway when it does not know how to route the packet to its

 

destination. The gateway should be on the same network as the

 

interface.

 

 

Metric

Enter the priority of the gateway (if any) on this interface. The

 

ZyWALL decides which gateway to use based on this priority. The

 

lower the number, the higher the priority. If two or more gateways

 

have the same priority, the ZyWALL uses the one that was configured

 

first.

 

 

Interface

 

Parameters

 

 

 

 

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