Setting Up Websense V-Series Appliances
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Websense V-Series Appliances
After collecting the information needed, access the Appliance Manager through a
supported browser.
Follow these steps to enable default proxy caching, and Web
and email filtering. See
the Appliance Manager Help for detailed instructions on any field or area, or for
information about other available settings.
1.
Open a supported browser, and enter the following URL in the address bar:
https://<IP address>:9447/appmng
Replace <IP address> with the address assigned to network interface C during
initial configuration of the appliance (see
Perform initial command-line
configuration
).
For information about supported browsers, see the
Websense Technical Library
.
2.
Log on with the user name
admin
and the password set during initial appliance
configuration.
3.
In the left navigation pane, click
Configuration > System
.
4.
Under
Time and Date
:
a.
Set the time zone.
b.
Set the time and date:
•
Automatically synchronize with an NTP server
: select this option to use
a Network Time Protocol server. Specify up to three NTP servers. Use of
an NTP server is recommended, to ensure that database downloads and
time-based policies are handled precisely.
•
Manually set time and date
: select this option to enter a system time and
date yourself.
c.
Click
Save
in the Time and Date area.
5.
In the left navigation pane, click
Configuration > Network Interfaces
.
6.
Under
Websense Content Gateway Interfaces
, configure the P1 and P2
(optional) interfaces.
The P interfaces are used to accept users’ Internet requests (inbound traffic) and
communicate with Web servers (outbound traffic).
Default gateway for network interface E1and E2 (if
used).
If you use both E1 and E2, the default gateway and
DNS configuration are shared by both.
IP address:
Primary DNS server for network interface E1 and
E2 (if used)
IP address:
Secondary DNS server for network interface E1
and E2 (if used)
Optional
IP address:
Tertiary DNS server for network interface E1 and
E2 (if used)
Optional
IP address:
