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Chapter 16
Administrative settings
16.1 System configuration (Software Appliance / VMware Virtual Appli-
ance)
In the Software Appliance / VMware Virtual Appliance edition, the WinRoute administration
console allows setting of a few basic parameters of the firewall’s operating system. These
settings are necessary for correct functionality of the firewall and they can be found in Con-
figuration / Advanced options, on the System Configuration tab.
Figure 16.1 System configuration — host name, date, time and time zone
Server name
Name is important both for some WinRoute services (e.g. secured web interface) and for
the firewall’s operating system’s services.
The DNS forwarder module in WinRoute sets IP addresses of all the firewall’s interfaces
for the name automatically. If another DNS server is used in the local network, it is
necessary to set corresponding DNS records on it.
Date, time and time zone
Many WinRoute features (user authentication, logs, statistics, etc.) require correct setting
of date, time and time zone on the firewall.
Date and time can be set automatically but it is more useful to use an NTP server which
provides information about the current time and allows automatic management of the