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- BaseWall VPN 6000 user manual -
You will also be asked to select the network port the Directly Connected Lan
will be connected to (FLEX2 in the example) and a device address the firewall
will be identified with on this particular LAN. Please note that, since this is a
different LAN from the one we created before, it will need it's own, unique
network address. The firewall will need it's own unique address on every
network it is directly connected to. It is required that the firewall's device
address on any LAN is within the valid range of addresses for that LAN. Usually
the first address in a LAN is used for the router or firewall (in the example
below we choose the address 192.168.12.1).
When you have entered the label, used port, device address and netmask, click
“Next” to add this LAN and return to the “Manage LAN-segments” screen.
3.1.2 Adding a “Segmented LAN behind gateway”
Any local network which is not directly connected to the firewall must be
reached through some system which is a part of an existing local network. (If
you must reach a local network through the Internet, this can be done with a
VPN tunnel. This is covered in a later chapter). A router or computer on the
local network connected to the firewall serves as a gateway to the segmented
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