About Configuring The Optional Network - Watchguard Firebox X15 User Manual

Network Settings
6. To manually add a hardware address and its host name to your configuration, click Add.
The Add Allowed Address Control dialog box appears.
7. Select the Log attempted access from MAC addresses not in the list check box if you want the Edge
to generate a log message each time a computer whose hardware address is not in the list tries to get
access to the Edge.
8. Click Submit.

About configuring the optional network

The optional network is an isolated network for less secure public resources. By default, a Firebox X Edge does
not allow traffic from the optional network to get to the trusted network. The factory default settings allow
traffic that starts from the trusted network to get to the optional network, but you can restrict that traffic. For
more information, see
Because traffic that is started from the optional network is usually not allowed to the trusted network, you can
use the optional network for servers that other computers can connect to from the Internet, such as a web,
email, or FTP server. We recommend you isolate your private network from these servers because the public
can connect to them. The network you create for these public servers, separate from your private network, is
sometimes called a DMZ (de-militarized zone). If a server on the optional network is attacked from the Internet,
the attacker cannot use it to get to the computers on the trusted network. The trusted network is the most
secure location for your private network.
If your computer is on the optional network, you can connect to the Firebox X Edge system configuration
pages using the optional interface IP address. The default URL for the System Status page from the optional
network is: https://192.168.112.1
You can use the Firebox X Edge DHCP server or you can use static IP addresses for computers on the optional
network. You also can change the IP address range of the optional network.
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About policies for the optional network.
Firebox X Edge e-Series