ZyXEL Communications USG 2000 User Manual

 Chapter 13 Interfaces

ZyWALL USG 2000 User’s Guide

Each field is explained in the following table. 

Table 67   Configuration > Network > Interface > VLAN > Edit

Show Advance 
Settings / Hide 
Advance Settings

Click this button to display a greater or lesser number of configuration 
fields.

General Settings

Enable 

Interface

Select this to turn this interface on. Clear this to disable this interface.

Interface 
Properties

Interface 

Name

This field is read-only if you are editing an existing VLAN interface. 
Enter the number of the VLAN interface. You can use a number from 
0~4094. See 

 the User’s Guide for the total 

number of VLANs you can configure on the ZyWALL. For example, 
vlan0, vlan8, and so on.

Base Port

Select the Ethernet interface on which the VLAN interface runs.

VLAN ID

Enter the VLAN ID. This 12-bit number uniquely identifies each VLAN. 
Allowed values are 1 - 4094. (0 and 4095 are reserved.)

Description

Enter a description of this interface. It is not used elsewhere. You can 
use alphanumeric and 

()+/:=?!*#@$_%-

 characters, and it can be 

up to 60 characters long.

IP Address 
Assignment

Get 

Automatically

Select this if this interface is a DHCP client. In this case, the DHCP 
server configures the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway 
automatically.

You should not select this if the interface is assigned to a VRRP group. 
See 

.

Use Fixed IP 

Address

Select this if you want to specify the IP address, subnet mask, and 
gateway manually.

IP Address

This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.

Enter the IP address for this interface.

Subnet Mask

This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.

Enter the subnet mask of this interface in dot decimal notation. The 
subnet mask indicates what part of the IP address is the same for all 
computers in the network.

Gateway

This field is enabled if you select Use Fixed IP Address.

Enter the IP address of the gateway. The ZyWALL sends packets to 
the gateway when it does not know how to route the packet to its 
destination. The gateway should be on the same network as the 
interface.