Description
An IP Pool is a dynamic object which consists of IP leases that are fetched from a DHCP Server. The IP Pool is used as an
address source by subsystems that may need to distribute addresses, e.g. by IPsec in Configuration mode.
Properties
- Name
- Specifies a symbolic name for the IP Pool. (Identifier)
- DHCPServerType
- Should server address be specified or should broadcast on a interface be used. (Default: Interface)
- ServerIP
- IP of the DHCP server providing addresses to the pool. Set to 127.0.0.1 for a DHCP server configured in the firewall itself
and set that server's 'Interface filter' to 'core'.
- ServerFilter
- Specifies which DHCP server that leases should be accepted from. (Optional)
- Interface
- Specifies the interface which has the DHCP server that leases are accepted from.
- IPFilter
- Specifies which IP addresses that are accepted from the DHCP server. (Optional)
- RoutingTable
- The routing table to use in communication with the DHCP server. (Default: main)
- ReceiveInterface
- Which interface to use when communicating with the DHCP server. (Optional)
- PrefetchLeases
- Specifies the number of leases an IP Pool will keep prefetched. (Default: 3)
- MaxFree
- Maximum number of free address that the IP pool will keep, others will be returned back to DCHP server. (Optional)
- MaxClients
- Maximum number clients that the IP pool is allowed to contain. (Optional)
- MacRangeStart
- Specifies the lower boundary of MAC addresses that DCHP Clients will use in communication with a server. (Optional)
- MacRangeEnd
- Specifies the upper boundary of MAC addresses that DCHP Clients will use in communication with a server. (Optional)
- SenderIP
- The local IP that should be used when communication with the DHCP server. (Optional)
- AscendingFreeList
- Enabling this will result in the IPs being fetched in a predictable manner from the free list. (Default: No)
- Attribute
- Special Attribute of the current object. (Optional)
- Comments
- Text describing the current object. (Optional)