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

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:

• - 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.