Chapter 6 Configuration Basics

6.2.2 Default Interface and Zone Configuration

This section introduces the ZyWALL’s default zone member physical interfaces and the default configuration of those interfaces. The following figure uses letters to denote public IP addresses or part of a private IP address.

Figure 63 Default Network Topology

Table 13 Default Port, Interface, and Zone Configuration

PORT

INTERFACE

ZONE

IP ADDRESS AND DHCP

SUGGESTED USE WITH

SETTINGS

DEFAULT SETTINGS

P1

ge1

LAN

192.168.1.1, DHCP server

Protected LAN

 

 

 

enabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

P2, P3

ge2, ge3

WAN

DHCP clients

Connections to the Internet

 

 

 

 

 

P4~P6

ge4, ge5,

DMZ

192.168.2.1,

Public servers (such as web,

 

ge6

 

192.168.3.1,

e-mail and FTP)

 

 

 

192.168.4.1, DHCP server

 

 

 

 

disabled

 

 

 

 

 

 

P7, P8

ge7, ge8

None

None, DHCP server

Configure and use these

 

 

 

disabled

interfaces according to your

 

 

 

 

requirements. Add them to

 

 

 

 

existing zones or create new

 

 

 

 

zones for them.

 

 

 

 

 

AUX

aux

None

None

Auxiliary modem

 

 

 

 

 

CONSOLE

N/A

None

None

Local management

 

 

 

 

 

The LAN zone contains the ge1 interface. The LAN zone is a protected zone. The ge1 interface uses 192.168.1.1.

The WAN zone contains the ge2 and ge3 interfaces (physical ports 2 and 3). They use public IP addresses to connect to the Internet.

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