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PREREQUISITES
WHERE USED
Example: This provides a simple example to show you how to configure this feature. The
example is usually based on the network topology in
PREQUISITES or WHERE USED does not appear if there are no
prerequisites or references in other features to this one. For example, no other
features reference DDNS entries, so there is no WHERE USED entry.

5.4.2 Interface

See Section 5.2 on page 108
When you create an interface, there is no security applied on it until you assign
it to a zone.
Most of the features that use interfaces support Ethernet, PPPoE/PPTP, VLAN, and bridge
interfaces.
MENU ITEM(S)
PREREQUISITES
WHERE USED
Example: Interface ge1 is in the LAN zone and uses a private IP address. To configure ge1's
settings, click Network > Interface > Ethernet and then ge1's Edit icon.
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These are other features you should configure before you configure the main
screen(s) for this feature.
If you did not configure one of the prerequisites first, you can often select an
option to create a new object. After you create the object you return to the main
screen to finish configuring the feature.
You may not have to configure everything in the list of prerequisites. For
example, you do not have to create a schedule for a policy route unless time is
one of the criterion.
There are two uses for this.
These are other features you should usually configure or check right after you
configure the main screen(s) for this feature. For example, you should usually
create a policy route for a VPN tunnel.
You have to delete the references to this feature before you can delete any
settings. For example, you have to delete (or modify) all the policy routes that
refer to a VPN tunnel before you can delete the VPN tunnel.
for background information.
Network > Interface (except Network > Interface > Trunk)
Port groups (configured in the Interface > Port Grouping screen)
Zones, trunks, IPSec VPN, device HA, DDNS, policy routes, static routes, HTTP
redirect, virtual server, application patrol
Chapter 5 Configuration Basics
Figure 44 on page 109.
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