Chapter 13 Interfaces

 

Table 59 Configuration > Network > Interface > Ethernet > Edit (continued)

 

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

Text

This field is available if the Authentication is Text. Type the

 

Authentication

password for text authentication. The key can consist of alphanumeric

 

Key

characters and the underscore, and it can be up to eight characters

 

 

 

 

long.

 

 

 

 

MD5

This field is available if the Authentication is MD5. Type the ID for

 

Authentication

MD5 authentication. The ID can be between 1 and 255.

 

ID

 

 

MD5

This field is available if the Authentication is MD5. Type the

 

Authentication

password for MD5 authentication. The password can consist of

 

Key

alphanumeric characters and the underscore, and it can be up to 16

 

 

 

 

characters long.

 

 

 

 

MAC Address

This section appears when Interface Properties is External or

 

Setting

General. Have the interface use either the factory assigned default

 

 

MAC address, a manually specified MAC address, or clone the MAC

 

 

address of another device or computer.

 

 

 

 

Use Default

Select this option to have the interface use the factory assigned

 

MAC Address

default MAC address. By default, the ZyWALL uses the factory

 

 

assigned MAC address to identify itself.

 

 

 

 

Overwrite

Select this option to have the interface use a different MAC address.

 

Default MAC

Either enter the MAC address in the fields or click Clone by host and

 

Address

enter the IP address of the device or computer whose MAC you are

 

 

 

 

cloning. Once it is successfully configured, the address will be copied

 

 

to the configuration file. It will not change unless you change the

 

 

setting or upload a different configuration file.

 

 

 

 

Related Setting

 

 

 

 

 

Configure

Click PPPoE/PPTP if this interface’s Internet connection uses PPPoE

 

PPPoE/PPTP

or PPTP.

 

 

 

 

Configure

Click VLAN if you want to configure a VLAN interface for this Ethernet

 

VLAN

interface.

 

 

 

 

Configure

Click WAN TRUNK to go to a screen where you can set this interface

 

WAN TRUNK

to be part of a WAN trunk for load balancing.

 

 

 

 

Configure

Click Policy Route to go to the policy route summary screen where

 

Policy Route

you can manually associate traffic with this interface.

 

 

You must manually configure a policy route to add routing and SNAT

 

 

settings for an interface with the Interface Type set to General. You

 

 

can also configure a policy route to override the default routing and

 

 

SNAT behavior for an interface with an Interface Type of Internal

 

 

or External.

 

 

 

 

OK

Click OK to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

 

 

 

 

Cancel

Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.

 

 

 

13.3.2 Object References

When a configuration screen includes an Object References icon, select a configuration object and click Object References to open the Object References screen. This screen displays which configuration settings reference the selected object. The fields shown vary with the type of object.

 

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