C
HAPTER
4: P
ERFORMING
A
DDITIONAL
C
ONFIGURATION
(O
PTIONAL
)
M86 S
ECURITY
SWG S
ETUP
G
UIDE
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. 10.2
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To change the current gateway configuration, enter the IP
address.
y
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 M86 Security.com, the
appliance will try to resolve to http://mize.M86Security.com.
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.
config_time
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.
config_hardware
This command allows the system administrator to configure an
installed Caching Kit and/or Bypass NIC.
Note
: Caching Kit is relevant for both physical and virtual devices.
Bypass NIC is only relevant to physical devices.
When the command is entered, the screen displays the installation
and configuration status of these two pieces of hardware.
To configure an installed piece of hardware, select the hardware
option (
Caching Kit
or
Bypass NIC
) from the menu, and then
enter
Y
to configure it. Select
Q
to exit.
IMPORTANT:
It is mandatory to configure the DNS
Server that has the ability to
resolve external IP addresses
