A slight correction here, I think. For a while I had my license tied to an
interface that had no cable, and I don't think it was set to be up,
either. That IP address was the same as the prior firewall IP address (and
still resolved to the other machine in DNS) until I got the new
license. Firewall still seemed to work fine as a single unit, but
communications between two Nokias were very flaky and not usable.
hermit1
At 12:43 AM 7/7/00 -0700, Jerald Josephs wrote:
>You may license any IP address you choose to license. As long as this IP
>address is associated with a network interface which is configured up and
>has link, the license will be valid.
>
>A primary IP address is the IP address that resolves to the system name.
>If your firewall's primary name is fwA, and you associate fwA with an IP
>address in the /etc/hosts file, then this IP address becomes the primary
>IP address.
>
>The primary IP address must be routeable from the Internet. This is why
>the external interface often supports the primary IP address. If, however,
>an internal interface supports a routeable IP address, then it could be
>the primary IP address.
>
>In summary, if you license your external IP address and this IP address
>resolves to the system name of the firewall, then all features of your
>configuration will work and the world will be a better place. :-)
>
>-- Jerald Josephs
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