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- BaseWall VPN 6000 user manual -
18 Low level device management
18.1 Possible devices
To enter device management activate advanced options in the “Config” tab.
Then click on the “Devices” tab.
The different wizards are normally used to add devices to this list.
Here is a description of the devices in use.
➢ WAN*: Ethernet links reserved for Internet connections
➢ LAN*: Ethernet links reserved for internal network connections
➢ DMZ*: Ethernet links reserved for DMZ servers
➢ FLEX*: Ethernet links for LAN, WAN or DMZ
➢ PPP*: Dial-in connection, for both cable modems and ADSL.
➢ VPN: Device for PPtP VPN connections.
18.2 Parameters to devices
Internal
When this check box is checked any network on this device is considered "safe"
by the firewall. This is used by all subsystems and is therefor vital to security.
Dhcpd
When checked the dhcpd gives out ip addresses to dhcp client computers.
Dhcp
The network configuration of this device are fetched by the dhcp client
software.
Addresses
In this column it's possible to add one or more IP-addresses to the device.
There is no particular order and there is no need to add any netmasks to this
address as this is automatically calculated from the routes.
When editing an existing device it's possible to click on an address. Depending
on the use of the address in any route this will result in the possibility to
remove an address or change the address.
Bridgedevs
The routing subsystems provides the possibility to configure an Demilitarized
zone(DMZ). This is a network which is under the policy of the firewall, but in
routing a part of the larger Internet. This is implemented via Ethernet-bridging.
In this column the used Ethernet devices can be entered.
Status
Provides current status information about the device.
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