ZyXEL Communications unified security gateway User Manual

 Chapter 34 Addresses

ZyWALL USG 20/20W User’s Guide

The Configuration > Address Add/Edit screen allows you to create a new 
address or edit an existing one. To access this screen, go to the Address screen 
(see 

), and click either the Add icon or an Edit icon. 

Figure 329   Configuration > Object > Address > Address > Edit

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Table 161   Configuration > Object > Address > Address > Edit

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, 

, SUBNET, INTERFACE IP, INTERFACE SUBNET, and 

.

Note: The ZyWALL automatically updates address objects that are 

based on an interface’s IP address, subnet, or gateway if the 
interface’s IP address settings change. For example, if you 
change ge1’s IP address, the ZyWALL automatically updates 
the corresponding interface-based, LAN subnet address 
object.

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.