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Addresses
41.1 Overview
Address objects can represent a single IP address or a range of IP addresses.
Address groups are composed of address objects and other address groups.
41.1.1 What You Can Do in this Chapter
• The Address screen ( Section 41.2 on page 747 ) provides a summary of all
addresses in the ZyWALL. Use the Address Add/Edit screen to create a new
address or edit an existing one.
• Use the Address Group summary screen ( Section 41.3 on page 750 ) and the
Address Group Add/Edit screen, to maintain address groups in the ZyWALL.
41.1.2 What You Need To Know
Address objects and address groups are used in dynamic routes, firewall rules,
application patrol, content filtering, and VPN connection policies. For example,
addresses are used to specify where content restrictions apply in content filtering.
Please see the respective sections for more information about how address objects
and address groups are used in each one.
Address groups are composed of address objects and address groups. The
sequence of members in the address group is not important.
• See Section 6.6 on page 112 for related information on these screens.
• See Section 7.14 on page 176 for how to create a public IP address range object
for using multiple static public WAN IP addresses for LAN to WAN traffic.
41.2 Address Summary Screen
The address screens are used to create, maintain, and remove addresses. There
are the types of address objects.
• HOST - a host address is defined by an IP Address .