ZyXEL Communications USG40 User Manual page 203

Each field is explained in the following table.
Table 85 Configuration > Network > Interface > VLAN > Create Virtual Interface
LABEL DESCRIPTION
IPv4/IPv6 View / Use this button to display both IPv4 and IPv6, IPv4-only, or IPv6-only configuration
IPv4 View / IPv6 fields.
View
Show Advanced Click this button to display a greater or lesser number of configuration fields.
Settings / Hide
Advanced Settings
Create New Object Click this button to create a DHCPv6 lease or DHCPv6 request object that you may use
for the DHCPv6 settings in this screen.
General Settings
Enable Interface Select this to turn this interface on. Clear this to disable this interface.
General IPv6
Setting
Enable IPv6 Select this to enable IPv6 on this interface. Otherwise, clear this to disable it.
Interface Properties
Interface Type Select one of the following option depending on the type of network to which the
ZyWALL/USG is connected or if you want to additionally manually configure some
related settings.
internal is for connecting to a local network. Other corresponding configuration
options: DHCP server and DHCP relay. The ZyWALL/USG automatically adds default
SNAT settings for traffic flowing from this interface to an external interface.
external is for connecting to an external network (like the Internet). The ZyWALL/USG
automatically adds this interface to the default WAN trunk.
For general, the rest of the screen's options do not automatically adjust and you must
manually configure a policy route to add routing and SNAT settings for the interface.
Interface Name This field is read-only if you are editing an existing VLAN interface. Enter the number of
the VLAN interface. You can use a number from 0~4094. For example, use vlan0,
vlan8, and so on. The total number of VLANs you can configure on the ZyWALL/USG
depends on the model.
Zone Select the zone to which the VLAN interface belongs.
Base Port Select the Ethernet interface on which the VLAN interface runs.
VLAN ID Enter the VLAN ID. This 12-bit number uniquely identifies each VLAN. Allowed values
are 1 - 4094. (0 and 4095 are reserved.)
Description Enter a description of this interface. It is not used elsewhere. You can use alphanumeric
and
IP Address
Assignment
Get Select this if this interface is a DHCP client. In this case, the DHCP server configures
Automatically
the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway automatically.
You should not select this if the interface is assigned to a VRRP group.
Use Fixed IP Select this if you want to specify the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway manually.
Address
IP Address This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.
Enter the IP address for this interface.
Subnet Mask This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.
Enter the subnet mask of this interface in dot decimal notation. The subnet mask
indicates what part of the IP address is the same for all computers in the network.
Chapter 8 Interfaces
characters, and it can be up to 60 characters long.
()+/:=?!*#@$_%-
ZyWALL/USG Series User's Guide
203