Addresses

See the Objects section for related information on these screens.

Addresses Overview

Address objects can represent a single IP address or a range of IP addresses. Address groups are composed of address objects and other address groups.

Address objects and address groups are used in dynamic routes, firewall rules, application patrol, content filtering, and VPN connection policies. For example, addresses are used to specify where content restrictions apply in content filtering. Please see the respective sections for more information about how address objects and address groups are used in each one.

Address groups are composed of address objects and address groups. The sequence of members in the address group is not important.

The address screens are used to create, maintain, and remove addresses.There are the types of address objects.

Address Summary

The Address screen provides a summary of all addresses in the ZyWALL.

Object > Address > Address 

Label
Description
#
This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with a specific address.
Name
This field displays the name of each address.
Type
This field displays the type of each address.
Address
This field displays the IP addresses represented by each address object.
Add icon
This column provides icons to add, edit, and remove addresses.
To add an address, click the Add icon at the top of the column. The Address Add/Edit screen appears.
To edit an address, click the Edit icon next to the address. The Address Add/Edit screen appears.
To delete an address, click on the Remove icon next to the address. The web configurator confirms that you want to delete the address before doing so.

Address Add/Edit

The Address Add/Edit screen allows you to create a new address or edit an existing one.

Object > Address > Address > Edit 

Label
Description
Name
Type the name used to refer to the address. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters, underscores(_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This value is case-sensitive.
Address Type
Select the type of address you want to create. Choices are: HOST, RANGE, and SUBNET.
IP Address
This field is only available if the Address Type is HOST. This field cannot be blank. Enter the IP address that this address object represents.
Starting IP Address
This field is only available if the Address Type is RANGE. This field cannot be blank. Enter the beginning of the range of IP addresses that this address object represents.
Ending IP Address
This field is only available if the Address Type is RANGE. This field cannot be blank. Enter the end of the range of IP address that this address object represents.
Network
This field is only available if the Address Type is SUBNET, in which case this field cannot be blank. Enter the IP address of the network that this address object represents.
Netmask
This field is only available if the Address Type is SUBNET, in which case this field cannot be blank. Enter the subnet mask of the network that this address object represents. Use dotted decimal format.

Address Group Screens

Use the Address Group summary screen and the Address Group Add/Edit screen, to maintain address groups in the ZyWALL.

Address Group Summary

The Address Group screen provides a summary of all address groups.

Object > Address > Address Group 

Label
Description
#
This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with a specific address group.
Name
This field displays the name of each address group.
Description
This field displays the description of each address group, if any.
Add icon
This column provides icons to add, edit, and remove address groups.
To add an address group, click the Add icon at the top of the column. The Address Group Add/Edit screen appears.
To edit an address group, click the Edit icon next to the address group. The Address Group Add/Edit screen appears.
To delete an address group, click on the Remove icon next to the address group. The web configurator confirms that you want to delete the address group.

Address Group Add/Edit

The Address Group Add/Edit screen allows you to create a new address group or edit an existing one.

Object > Address > Address Group > Add 

Label
Description
Name
Enter a name for the address group. You may use 1-31 alphanumeric characters, underscores(_), or dashes (-), but the first character cannot be a number. This value is case-sensitive.
Description
This field displays the description of each address group, if any. You can use up to 60 characters, punctuation marks, and spaces.
Available
This field displays the names of the address and address group objects that can be added to the address group.
Select address and address group objects that you want to be members of this group and click the right arrow to add them to the member list.
Member
This field displays the names of the address and address group objects that have been added to the address group. The order of members is not important. To remove members, select them and click the left arrow.