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Managing Ports

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The UTM-1 appliance enables you to quickly and easily assign its ports to different uses, as shown in the following table. If desired, you can also disable ports.

Ports and Assignments

You can assign this port...

To these uses...

LAN 1-4

LAN network

A WAN Internet connection

A port-based VLAN

A VLAN that is dynamically assigned by a RADIUS server, as part of an 802.1x port-based security scheme

DMZ/WAN2

DMZ network

A WAN Internet connection

VLAN trunk

A port-based VLAN

A VLAN that is dynamically assigned by a RADIUS server, as part of an 802.1x port-based security scheme

DSL

An ADSL Internet connection

WAN

A WAN Internet connection

Serial

RS232 modem

Serial console

Terminal server

ExC

An ExpressCard cellular modem

USB

Printers

USB-based modems

The UTM-1 appliance also allows you to restrict each port to a specific link speed and duplex setting and to configure its security scheme. For information on port-based security, see Using Port-Based Security.

In This Section

Viewing Port Statuses

Modifying Port Assignments

Modifying Link Configurations

Resetting Ports to Defaults

See Also

Managing Your Network

Configuring Network Settings

Using the Internal DNS Server

Using Network Objects

Configuring Network Service Objects

Using Static Routes

Using the Terminal Server