Chapter 13 Interfaces

Table 56 Relationships Between Different Types of Interfaces (continued)

INTERFACE

REQUIRED PORT /

INTERFACE

 

PPP interface

Ethernet interface*

 

VLAN interface*

 

bridge interface

 

 

virtual interface

 

(virtual Ethernet

Ethernet interface*

interface)

VLAN interface*

(virtual VLAN interface)

bridge interface

(virtual bridge

 

interface)

 

 

 

trunk

Ethernet interface

 

Cellular interface

 

VLAN interface

 

bridge interface

 

PPP interface

 

auxiliary interface

 

 

*- You cannot set up a PPP interface, virtual Ethernet interface or virtual VLAN interface if the underlying interface is a member of a bridge. You also cannot add an Ethernet interface or VLAN interface to a bridge if the member interface has a virtual interface or PPP interface on top of it.

Finding Out More

•See Section 6.2 on page 96 details on the differences between physical ports, interfaces, and zones in the ZyWALL.

•See Section 6.5.4 on page 105 for related information about the Interface screens.

•See Section 13.10 on page 331 for background information on interfaces.

•See Section 7.1 on page 119 for an example of configuring Ethernet interfaces, port grouping, and zones.

•See Section 7.2 on page 122 for an example of configuring a cellular (3G) interface.

•See Chapter 14 on page 337 to configure load balancing using trunks.

13.2Port Grouping

This section introduces port groups and then explains the screen for port groups.

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