
Configuration of Ethernet Cards
This screen lists the Network Interface Cards (NIC) currently
configured on your machine. It will let you select a
particular card and reconfigure it, or add another card.
Zone IP Address Subnet Mask On Boot Protocol
eth0 wan yes dhcp edit suppress admin
eth1 lan 10.0.0.1 255.255.255.0 yes static edit suppress admin
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Each line corresponds to a physical NIC in your computer:
- to reconfigure it, click on the text icon on the left of the
trash can. You will also be allowed to select if you want to
activate it (or not) at boot time from the Ethernet Interface
Configuration page;
- to allow the network associated to this interface to connect to the
web interface, click on Admin (see "Administration Interface"
below);
- to suppress it, click on the trash can.
Then comes the Administration Interface, which indicates
the interface through which administration connections are allowed.
This means that your firewall will have to be administered from a
computer connected to the sub-network which is associated to the
aforementioned card. From it, you can take two
actions:
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- Detect Current
NICs: clicking on that icon will launch a NIC auto-detection
process. Use it if you previously installed a new NIC in your
computer. Note: after your click, it may take some time for the next
screen to appear while the computer is detecting new cards.
-
- Add a NIC
Manually: should the previous action fail, you can manually
configure your card by clicking on that icon.