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2. If the host was manually added to the
address can be modified. Otherwise, only modify its host name.
3. Click Apply to save the changes.
To remove a host from the
Click the appropriate "Delete" icon in the Action column. The entry will be
removed from the table.

Network Objects

Network objects is used to define a part of the Router's network (a group of
computers, for example) by
defined part becomes a "network object," and settings, such as configuring system
rules, can be applied to all the devices defined as part of the network object at once.
For example, instead of setting the same website filtering configuration to five com-
puters one at a time, the computers can be defined as a network object, and website
filtering configuration can then be applied to all the computers simultaneously.
Network objects can be used to apply security rules based on host names instead
of
addresses. This may be useful, since
IP
Moreover, it is possible to define network objects according to
ing rule application more persistent against network configuration settings.
To define a network object:
1. Click Network Objects in the Advanced screen. The "Network Objects" screen
appears.
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table:
DNS
addresses,
MAC
Table, its host name and/or
DNS
addresses, and/or host names. The
IP
addresses change from time to time.
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IP
addresses, mak-
MAC

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