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55 Barracuda NG Network Access Client - Administrator’s Guide
3.5 Net Objects
The Net Objects tab facilitates IP address/network management. Use this tab for the following
purposes:
• Assigning of names to single IP addresses
• Combining multiple IPs/networks/references into networking objects
In the Net Objects tab, a number of dynamic network objects (flagged with the icon) are preconfigured.
• localIP
Contains all IPs that are configured on trusted adapters, and a reference to the Net-Broad-
cast object.
• virtualIP
Contains the IP address assigned from the VPN server. The virtual IP is only available in
case of established VPN connections.
• Net-[Network Connection name]
These network objects contain the network addresses of each specific adapter available on
the system. The Network Connection name is retrieved from the Microsoft Windows Net-
work Connections view (available through
Start > Control > Network Connections ).
For a clearly arranged network management rather make use of referencing Network Objects than explicit IPs when
configuring firewall rule sets.
Fig. 3–11 Network Objects window
Dynamic objects are updated at runtime when network configuration changes and cannot be edited manually. For dy-
namic update to work, Automatic Adapter Assignment must be selected in the Firewall Settings (9.4.1 Firewall Menu,
page 91).
The "logical" Microsoft Windows name, which depends on the operating system’s language version and not the device
name, is applicable for object naming.