Network - SonicWALL SonicOS Enhanced 2.2 Administrator's Manual

4 Network

This chapter describes the Network section of the management interface and the configuration of the
SonicWALL Internet Security appliance Network settings. The Network menu includes:
• Interfaces - configure logical interfaces for connectivity.
• WAN Failover and Load Balancing - configure one of the user-defined interfaces to act as a sec-
ondary WAN port for backup or load balancing.
• Zones - configure security zones on your network.
• DNS - set up DNS servers for name resolution.
• Address Objects - configure host, network, and address range objects.
• Routing - view the Route Table, ARP Cache and configure static and dynamic routing by interface.
• NAT Policies - create NAT policies including One-to-One NAT, Many-to-One NAT, Many-to-Many
NAT, or One-to-Many NAT.
• ARP - view the ARP settings and clear the ARP cache as well as configure ARP cache time.
• DHCP Server - configure the SonicWALL as a DHCP Server on your network to dynamically assign
IP addresses to computers on your LAN or DMZ zones.
• IP Helper - configure the SonicWALL to forward DHCP requests originating from the interfaces on
the SonicWALL to a centralized server on behalf of the requesting client.
• Web Proxy - configure the SonicWALL to automatically forward all Web proxy requests to a network
proxy server.
Network>Interfaces
After creating a Zone, the next step is to configure an interface. You must configure an interface and bind
it to a zone.
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