Secure Web Gateway 11.5 Setup Guide
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Enables network, service and Policy Server configuration. Press the tab button twice to display the
config_network, config_time, config_hardware, config_upgrade, config_support, config_psweb,
config_exclude, config_bridge, and config_access_log commands.
Allows system administrators to configure network parameters, such as the IP address(es), routing
information, DNS parameters. Enter the config_network command.
The current network configuration is displayed (i.e. the DNS Search Domain, nameserver and Hostname
configuration). A Name Server is a network server that provides a naming or directory service. A prompt
is displayed asking if you want to change the configuration. Enter y to change the network configuration.
Select an option from the following commands:
• View: This command allows you to view the current network configuration: The IP address assigned
to each interface, the current DNS configuration and the current hostname configuration.
• Interface: Allows system administrators to modify interface related parameters such as: Add,
Remove or Change an IP address from a physical interface; Add, Remove or Change routing
information; Enable or Disable a physical interface.
• Choose an interface, for example, 1 (eth0). The editing options are displayed.
• Choose an editing action, for example, 1 (Change IP address). To add a static route, choose 4
(Add route). The new route must be input as ‘IP/via prefix IP’. For example, 1.1.1.1/32 via 10.0.3
• Gateway: Allows system administrators to set the default gateway of the appliance. The IP address
of the default gateway must be a local IP address. It is mandatory to configure a default gateway to
the appliance. To change the current gateway configuration, enter the IP address.
• DNS: Allows configuring the DNS servers, which the appliance uses in order to resolve the
hostnames to IP addresses. It is also possible to configure a search domain under the DNS settings
which allows the appliance to complete the domain name (according to the configured value) in case
the host name is not completed. For example, if the search is on http://mize and the search domain
is Trustwave.com, the appliance will try to resolve to http://mize.Trustwave.com.
IMPORTANT: It is mandatory to configure the DNS Server that has the ability to resolve external IP
addresses
The current DNS configuration is displayed. Select an action, for example, 1 (change search).
• Hostname: Allows configuring the appliance hostname.
• Hosts: Allows configuring the host files.
Allows system administrators to set the system date and time, the time zone and also the NTP Server. To
change a setting, type y. Select an option from the menu, else Q to exit.
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