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Security zones - configuration – SonicWALL OS 2.x User Manual

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Sonic OS 2.x Quick Start Guide

Security Zones - Configuration

The following will guide you through the process of configuring and assigning interfaces to
Security Zones:

1. We start out with the LAN and WAN interfaces as previously defined.

2. Click the configure icon (

) associated with the X2 interface.

3. Select the ZONE as WAN and the IP

assignment as PPPoE.

4. Add the User Name and Password

assigned to the PPPoE DSL account.

5. Enter a Comment if desired.

6. Decide if you want to allow

Management and User Logins on
this interface.

7. If the ISP provided you with a Static

IP address, select ‘Specify IP
Address’ and enter the assigned
Static IP.

8. If you want to set your own DNS

servers, as opposed to the DNS
servers automatically provided by
the PPPoE connection, click ‘
DNS Servers’ and enter the values.

Select th

Specify

9.

e Ethernet tab.

NOTE – Even though the Sonicwall auto-negotiates the Ethernet settings, you should make it a

0. Select the ‘Force’ checkbox and enter the

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te changes to

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, enter the

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habit to force the settings to match the connected network equipment.

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appropriate values for the DSL modem
connected to the X2 interface.

If required, make the appropria

the MTU and fragment settings based on your
configuration. For normal installations,
changes should not be required.

If using Bandwidth Management

available bandwidth for this DSL connection

Click OK to save your settings. The new

WAN interface is displayed in the settings

We will also need a DMZ configured for ou

installation. Click the configure icon associate with the X3 interface.

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