ZyXEL Communications 91-009-073003B Addresses, 36.1 Overview, 36.2Address Summary Screen, 36.1.1What You Can Do in this Chapter, 36.1.2What You Need To Know

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Addresses

36.1 Overview

Address objects can represent a single IP address or a range of IP addresses. Address groups are composed of address objects and other address groups.

36.1.1What You Can Do in this Chapter

•The Address screen (Section 36.2 on page 599) provides a summary of all addresses in the ZyWALL. Use the Address Add/Edit screen to create a new address or edit an existing one.

•Use the Address Group summary screen (Section 36.3 on page 602) and the Address Group Add/Edit screen, to maintain address groups in the ZyWALL.

36.1.2What You Need To Know

Address objects and address groups are used in dynamic routes, firewall rules, application patrol, content filtering, and VPN connection policies. For example, addresses are used to specify where content restrictions apply in content filtering. Please see the respective sections for more information about how address objects and address groups are used in each one.

Address groups are composed of address objects and address groups. The sequence of members in the address group is not important.

•See Section 6.6 on page 105 for related information on these screens.

•See Section 7.12 on page 152 for how to create a public IP address range object for using multiple static public WAN IP addresses for LAN to WAN traffic.

36.2Address Summary Screen

The address screens are used to create, maintain, and remove addresses. There are the types of address objects.

• HOST - a host address is defined by an IP Address.

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