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Chapter 9 DMZ Screens

ZyWALL 2WG User’s Guide

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9.5 DMZ Public IP Address Example

The following figure shows a simple network setup with public IP addresses on the WAN and
DMZ and private IP addresses on the LAN. Lower case letters represent public IP addresses
(like a.b.c.d for example). The LAN port and connected computers (A through C) use private
IP addresses that are in one subnet. The DMZ port and connected servers (D through F) use
public IP addresses that are in another subnet. The public IP addresses of the DMZ and WAN
ports are in separate subnets.

IP Subnet Mask

Your ZyWALL will automatically calculate the subnet mask based on the IP

address that you assign. Unless you are implementing subnetting, use the subnet

mask computed by the ZyWALL.

RIP Direction

RIP (Routing Information Protocol, RFC1058 and RFC 1389) allows a router to

exchange routing information with other routers. The RIP Direction field controls

the sending and receiving of RIP packets. Select the RIP direction from Both/In

Only/Out Only/None. When set to Both or Out Only, the ZyWALL will broadcast

its routing table periodically. When set to Both or In Only, it will incorporate the

RIP information that it receives; when set to None, it will not send any RIP packets

and will ignore any RIP packets received.

RIP Version

The RIP Version field controls the format and the broadcasting method of the RIP

packets that the ZyWALL sends (it recognizes both formats when receiving). RIP-

1 is universally supported but RIP-2 carries more information. RIP-1 is probably

adequate for most networks, unless you have an unusual network topology. Both

RIP-2B and RIP-2M sends the routing data in RIP-2 format; the difference being

that RIP-2B uses subnet broadcasting while RIP-2M uses multicasting.

Multicasting can reduce the load on non-router machines since they generally do

not listen to the RIP multicast address and so will not receive the RIP packets.

However, if one router uses multicasting, then all routers on your network must

use multicasting, also. By default, RIP direction is set to Both and the Version set

to RIP-1.

Apply

Click Apply to save your changes back to the ZyWALL.

Reset

Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.

Table 49 NETWORK > DMZ > IP Alias (continued)

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

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