Netgate 8300 - Interface Configuration

Security Gateway Manual Netgate-8300
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2.6.1 Requirements
• This guide assumes the underlying interface is already present (e.g. physical port, VLAN, etc).
• The WAN configuration type and settings must be known before starting. For example, this might be an IP
address, subnet mask, and gateway value for static addresses or credentials for PPPoE.
2.6.2 Assign the Interface
• Navigate to Interfaces > Assignments
Look at list of current assignments. If the interface in question is already assigned, there is nothing to do. Skip
ahead to the interface configuration.
• Pick an available interface in Available network ports
If there are no available interfaces, then one may need to be created first (e.g. VLANs).
• Click Add
The firewall will assign the next available OPT interface number corresponding to the internal interface designation.
For example, if there are no current OPT interfaces, the new interface will be OPT1. The next will be OPT2, and so
on.
Note: As this guide does not know what that number will be on a given configuration, it will refer to the interface
generically as OPTx and the customized name WAN2.
The newly assigned interface will have its own entry under the Interfaces menu and elsewhere in the GUI.
2.6.3 Interface Configuration
The new interface must be enabled and configured.
• Navigate to Interfaces > OPTx
• Check Enable interface
• Set custom name in the Description, e.g. WAN2
• Set IP address and CIDR for static, or DHCP/PPPoE/etc.
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