3 configuring ip interfaces – Fortinet 548B User Manual

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11.4.2.3 Configuring IP Interfaces

Selection Criteria

Slot/Port - Select the interface for which data is to be displayed or configured.

Routing Mode - Setting this enables or disables routing for an interface. The default value is enable.

Administrative Mode - The Administrative Mode of the interface. The default value is enable.

Forward Net Directed Broadcasts - Select how network directed broadcast packets should be
handled. If you select enable from the pulldown menu network directed broadcasts will be forwarded.
If you select disable they will be dropped. The default value is disable.

Encapsulation Type - Select the link layer encapsulation type for packets transmitted from the
specified interface from the pulldown menu. The possible values are Ethernet and SNAP. The
default is Ethernet.

Proxy Arp - Select to disable or enable proxy Arp for the specified interface from the pulldown
menu.

Local Proxy Arp - Select to disable or enable Local Proxy ARP for the specified interface from the
pulldown menu.

Configurable Data

IP Address - Enter the IP address for the interface.

Subnet Mask - Enter the subnet mask for the interface. This is also referred to as the
subnet/network mask, and defines the portion of the interface's IP address that is used to identify the
attached network.

IP MTU - Specifies the maximum transmission unit (MTU) size of IP packets sent on an interface.
Valid range is (68 to 1500). Default value is 1500.

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