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Software User Guide 56
Network Tab
• Clickonthe“Save”buttonforchangestobesave dwithoutactivatingtheinterface,the“Apply”buttonwillsave
yoursettingsandapplythemimmediately.Toreverttothepreviousdefaults,clickonthe“Revert”button.
3.4.2.3 SwitchControl
ThepurposeoftheSwitchControlfunctionistocreateaWAN/LANseparationThisgivestheusertheabilitytocreatea
dividednetworkwithadditionalcapabilities.Thisoptiononlyappliestounitswiththe5portunmanagedswitch(6x21).
SwitchControlSettings
EnableSplitLan:Thiswillaltertheswitchport
allocations.Whendisabled,allswitchports1‐5willbetreatedasasin‐
gleLAN.Thiswillbeconfigurableaseth0andwilldefaulttobeingafirewalltrusted/internalinterface.
Whenenabled,port5willbedividedoutasaWANport,eth0(firewalledasexternal/untrusted).Ports1‐4will
beaninter‐
nallytrustedLAN(eth1).
Warning:
Whenswitchingmodes,yourfirewallinterfacetableswillberebuiltandmayneedanycustomchangesreapplied.In
addition,aUSERINITIATEDrebootisrequiredtocompletethemodeswitch.
Warning: Whenenablingswitchmode,currentethernetsettings(eth0)wi llapplyonlytothesingleWANport.Onthefrontof
theunit,thismaybeshownas<Port5>underthepowerconnector.Theremainingfourportswillbeconfiguredasa
LAN(eth1).
PleasecheckyourEthernetconnectionstomakesurethatthenewsettingswillnotconflictwithpreviousnetworkconfig‐
urations.YoumayneedtorevisityourUntrusted/TrustedinterfacelistsintheFirewall‐>GeneralSettings,asthesewill
reverttonewdefaults(eth0willbefirewalledasUntrusted!).AfterApply
isclickedandyoucheckfirewall/ethernetconfig‐
urations,arebootisrequiredtocompletethisprocess.