SonicWALL 3500 User Manual

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  Configuring L2 Bridge Mode  
Configuring the Secondary Bridge Interface
Complete the following steps to configure the SonicWALL 
appliance:
1.
Navigate to the Network Interfaces page from the 
navigation panel.
2.
Click the Configure icon in the right column of the X0 
(LAN) interface.
3.
In the IP Assignment drop-down, select Layer 2 Bridged 
Mode.
4.
In the Bridged to drop-down, select the X1 interface.
5.
Configure management options (HTTP, HTTPS, Ping, 
SNMP, SSH, User logins, or HTTP redirects).
Note:
Do not enable Never route traffic on the bridge-pair 
unless your network topology requires that all packets 
entering the L2 Bridge remain on the L2 Bridge 
segments.
You may optionally enable the Block all non-IPv4 
traffic 
setting to prevent the L2 bridge from passing 
non-IPv4 traffic.
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C - L2 Bridge Mode