Interfaces; Interface Overview; What You Can Do In This Chapter; Chapter 8 Interfaces - ZyXEL Communications USG40 User Manual

8.1 Interface Overview

Use the Interface screens to configure the ZyWALL/USG's interfaces. You can also create
interfaces on top of other interfaces.
• Ports are the physical ports to which you connect cables.
• Interfaces are used within the system operationally. You use them in configuring various
features. An interface also describes a network that is directly connected to the ZyWALL/USG.
For example, You connect the LAN network to the LAN interface.
• Zones are groups of interfaces used to ease security policy configuration.

8.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter

• Use the Port Role screen
ports and port groups to Ethernet interfaces.
• Use the Ethernet screens
Ethernet interfaces are the foundation for defining other interfaces and network policies. RIP and
OSPF are also configured in these interfaces.
• Use the PPP screens
• Use the Cellular screens
Internet connections through an installed mobile broadband card.
• Use the Tunnel screens
Generic Routing Encapsulation (GRE), IPv6 in IPv4, and 6to4 tunnels.
• Use the VLAN screens
logical networks. VLAN interfaces receive and send tagged frames. The ZyWALL/USG
automatically adds or removes the tags as needed. Each VLAN can only be associated with one
Ethernet interface.
• Use the Bridge screens
into a single network.
• Use the Auxiliary screens
interface to use an external modem.
• Use the Virtual Interface screen
of Ethernet interfaces to tell the ZyWALL/USG where to route packets. You can create virtual
Ethernet interfaces, virtual VLAN interfaces, and virtual bridge interfaces.
• Use the Trunk screens
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(Section 8.2 on page
(Section 8.3 on page
(Section 8.4 on page 176) for PPPoE or PPTP Internet connections.
(Section 8.5 on page
(Section 8.6 on page 191) to configure tunnel interfaces to be used in
(Section 8.7 on page 198) to divide the physical network into multiple
(Section 8.8 on page 210) to combine two or more network segments
(Section 8.9 on page
(Section 8.9.1 on page
(Section 8.11 on page 226) to configure load balancing.
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154) to create port groups and to assign physical
155) to configure the Ethernet interfaces.
182) to configure settings for interfaces for
221) to configure the ZyWALL/USG's auxiliary
221) to create virtual interfaces on top
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