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This screen's fields are described in the table below.
Table 59 Configuration > Network > Interface > Ethernet > Edit
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 / Hide Click this button to display a greater or lesser number of configuration fields.
Advanced Settings
Create New Object Click this button to create a DHCPv6 request object that you may use for the DHCPv6
settings in this screen.
General Settings
Enable Interface Select this to enable this interface. Clear this to disable this interface.
Interface Properties
Interface Type Select to which type of network you will connect this interface. When you select
internal or external the rest of the screen's options automatically adjust to
correspond. The NXC automatically adds default route and SNAT settings for traffic it
routes from internal interfaces to external interfaces; for example LAN to WAN traffic.
Select internal to connect to a local network. Other corresponding configuration
options: DHCP server and DHCP relay. The NXC automatically adds default SNAT
settings for traffic flowing from this interface to an external interface.
Select external to connect to an external network (like the Internet).
If you select 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 Specify a name for the interface. It can use alphanumeric characters, hyphens, and
underscores, and it can be up to 11 characters long.
Port This indicates the port that you are currently editing.
PVID A PVID (Port VLAN ID) is a tag that adds to incoming untagged frames received on a
port so that the frames are forwarded to the VLAN group that the tag defines.
Enter the PVID for this port (1~4094).
Zone Select a zone with which to associate this port.
MAC Address This field is read-only. This is the MAC address that the Ethernet interface uses.
Description Enter a description of this interface. It is not used elsewhere. You can use alphanumeric
and
IP Address These IP address fields configure an IP address on the interface itself. If you change
Assignment this IP address on the interface, you may also need to change a related address object
for the network connected to the interface. For example, if you use this screen to
change the IP address of your LAN interface, you should also change the corresponding
LAN subnet address object.
Get This option appears when you set the Interface Type to external or general. Select
Automatically
this to make the interface a DHCP client and automatically get the IP address, subnet
mask, and gateway address from a DHCP server.
Use Fixed IP This option appears when you set the Interface Type to external or general. Select
Address
this if you want to specify the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway manually.
IP Address This field is enabled if you set the Interface Type to internal or you select Use Fixed
IP Address.
Enter the IP address for this interface.
Chapter 8 Interfaces
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