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Create an external connection
If your Smoothwall system is to provide access to the Internet, you must configure the connection details as follows:
Note:
The following instructions are for external connections made through a NIC (Network Interface Card) interface. You can
also configure an external connection to use a PPPoE connection. For a detailed description of how to configure a PPPoE
connection, refer to the Smoothwall product help
.
1. Browse to
Network
>
Configuration
>
Interfaces
.
2. Select the relevant interface, and click
Edit
.
3. Complete the following:
l
Name
— Enter a meaningful name for this connection.
l
Use as
— Select External.
l
Spoof MAC
— If MAC address spoofing is required, enter the new MAC address here.
l
MTU
— If required, you can set the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size, in bytes, for this connection.
l
Comment
— Enter an optional comment for this external interface.
If any comments are added, a Show comments button is displayed allowing interface comments to be reviewed.
4. Click
Save changes
.
You must assign the IP address, and gateway if provided, as advised by your ISP. This can either be a static IP address or
one assigned dynamically.
5. Click the
IP addresses
link for the external interface to display the
Attached addresses
table.
6. Click
Add new IP address
.
7. Complete the following:
l
Status
— New IP addresses are enabled by default.
l
Type
— Choose whether this IP address is assigned a static IP address (Static IPv4), or an IP address assigned via
DHCP (DHCP IPv4).
Depending the type of IP address, additional parameters may require configuration:
