ZyXEL Communications 100 Series User Manual

 Chapter 10 Interface

ZyWALL USG 100/200 Series User’s Guide

To access this screen, click Network > Interface > Port Role. Use the Port Role screen to set 
the ZyWALL’s flexible ports as part of the lan1, ext-wlan or dmz interfaces. This creates a 
hardware connection between the physical ports at the layer-2 (data link, MAC address) level. 
This provides wire-speed throughput but no security.

Not the following if you are configuring from a computer connected to a lan1, ext-wlan, or 
dmz port and change the port's role:

1 A port's IP address varies as its role changes, make sure your computer's IP address is in 

the same subnet as the ZyWALL's lan1, ext-wlan, or dmz IP address.

2 Use the appropriate lan1, ext-wlan, or dmz IP address to access the ZyWALL.

Figure 148   Network > Interface > Port Role    

Expand/Close

Click this button to show or hide statistics for all the virtual interfaces on top of the 
Ethernet interfaces.

Name

This field displays the name of each interface. If there is a Expand icon (plus-sign)  
next to the name, click this to look at the statistics for virtual interfaces on top of this 
interface.

Status

This field displays the current status of the interface. 
Down - The interface is not connected.
Speed / Duplex - The interface is connected. This field displays the port speed and 
duplex setting (Full or Half).

TxPkts

This field displays the number of packets transmitted from the ZyWALL on the 
interface since it was last connected.

RxPkts

This field displays the number of packets received by the ZyWALL on the interface 
since it was last connected.

Collision

This field displays the number of collisions on the interface since it was last 
connected.

Tx B/s

This field displays the transmission speed, in bytes per second, on the interface in 
the one-second interval before the screen updated.

Rx B/s

This field displays the reception speed, in bytes per second, on the interface in the 
one-second interval before the screen updated.

Table 48   Network > Interface > Status (continued)

Physical Ports

Interfaces