Chapter 36 Addresses

36.2.1 Address Add/Edit Screen

The Configuration > Address Add/Edit screen allows you to create a new address or edit an existing one. To access this screen, go to the Address screen (see Section 36.2 on page 599), and click either the Add icon or an Edit icon.

Figure 344 Configuration > Object > Address > Address > Edit

The following table describes the labels in this screen.

Table 180 Configuration > Object > Address > Address > Edit

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Name

Type the name used to refer to the address. You may use 1-31

 

alphanumeric characters, underscores(_), or dashes (-), but the first

 

character cannot be a number. This value is case-sensitive.

 

 

Address Type

Select the type of address you want to create. Choices are: HOST,

 

RANGE, SUBNET, INTERFACE IP, INTERFACE SUBNET, and

 

INTERFACE GATEWAY.

 

Note: The ZyWALL automatically updates address objects that are

 

based on an interface’s IP address, subnet, or gateway if the

 

interface’s IP address settings change. For example, if you

 

change ge1’s IP address, the ZyWALL automatically updates

 

the corresponding interface-based, LAN subnet address

 

object.

 

 

IP Address

This field is only available if the Address Type is HOST. This field

 

cannot be blank. Enter the IP address that this address object

 

represents.

 

 

Starting IP

This field is only available if the Address Type is RANGE. This field

Address

cannot be blank. Enter the beginning of the range of IP addresses that

 

this address object represents.

 

 

Ending IP

This field is only available if the Address Type is RANGE. This field

Address

cannot be blank. Enter the end of the range of IP address that this

 

address object represents.

 

 

Network

This field is only available if the Address Type is SUBNET, in which case

 

this field cannot be blank. Enter the IP address of the network that this

 

address object represents.

 

 

Netmask

This field is only available if the Address Type is SUBNET, in which case

 

this field cannot be blank. Enter the subnet mask of the network that

 

this address object represents. Use dotted decimal format.

 

 

 

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