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8.4
Network Settings
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8.4
Network Settings
The Network Settings section of the Advanced screen includes settings that
affect the FiOS Router’s network.
8.4a
Network Objects
Network objects is used to define a part of the FiOS Router’s network (a group
of computers, for example) by MAC addresses, IP addresses, and/or host names.
The defined part becomes a “network object,” and settings, such as configuring
system rules, can be applied to all devices defined as part of the network object
at once. For example, instead of setting the same website filtering configuration
to five computers one at a time, the computers can be defined as a network
object, and website filtering configuration can then be applied to all the
computers simultaneously.
Network objects can be used to apply security rules based on host names
instead of IP addresses. This may be useful, since IP addresses change from
time to time. Moreover, it is possible to define network objects according to
MAC addresses, making rule application more persistent against network
configuration settings.
To define a network object:
Click
1.
Network Objects
in the Advanced screen. The “Network Objects”
screen appears.