Chapter 10 Interfaces
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Ethernet interfaces are similar to other types of interfaces in many ways. They have an IP address,
subnet mask, and gateway used to make routing decisions. They restrict the amount of bandwidth
and packet size. They can provide DHCP services, and they can verify the gateway is available.
Use Ethernet interfaces to control which physical ports exchange routing information with other
routers and how much information is exchanged through each one. The more routing information is
exchanged, the more efficient the routers should be. However, the routers also generate more
network traffic, and some routing protocols require a significant amount of configuration and
management.
Figure 75
Configuration > Network > Interface > Ethernet
Each field is described in the following table.
Table 50
Configuration > Network > Interface > Ethernet
LABEL
DESCRIPTION
Edit
Double-click an entry or select it and click
Edit
to open a screen where you can modify
the entry’s settings.
Remove
To remove a virtual interface, select it and click
Remove
. The UAG confirms you want
to remove it before doing so.
Activate
To turn on an interface, select it and click
Activate
.
Inactivate
To turn off an interface, select it and click
Inactivate
.
Create Virtual
Interface
To open the screen where you can create a virtual Ethernet interface, select an Ethernet
interface and click
Create Virtual Interface
.
Object References
Select an entry and click
Object Reference
to open a screen that shows which settings
use the entry. See
for an example.
#
This field is a sequential value, and it is not associated with any interface.
Status
This icon is lit when the entry is active and dimmed when the entry is inactive.
Name
This field displays the name of the interface.
IP Address
This field displays the current IP address of the interface. If the IP address is 0.0.0.0 (in
the IPv4 network), the interface does not have an IP address yet.
In the IPv4 network, this screen also shows whether the IP address is a static IP
address (
STATIC
) or dynamically assigned (
DHCP
). IP addresses are always static in
virtual interfaces.
Mask
This field displays the interface’s subnet mask in dot decimal notation.
Apply
Click
Apply
to save your changes back to the UAG.
Reset
Click
Reset
to return the screen to its last-saved settings.