Chapter 4. Untangle Advanced Configuration

At this point, Untangle has the basic configuration that will work for most networks. However, some networks require some more configurations. Any additional interfaces that are installed on Untangle NGFW were not available to be configured during the running of the initial configuration wizard. In this chapter, we will learn how to configure additional interfaces.

In addition, this chapter will teach you about the placement options for Untangle NGFW, and how the traffic is passed through the system. Also, this chapter will show you how to configure an Untangle NGFW hostname and the ports that the Untangle NGFW services run at (such as, the Administration Interface) to allow any internal services that use the same port to work. Also, we will cover Untangle functionality such as router, DNS, and DHCP.

After that, we will cover the concept of Untangle NGFW rules and how they work. Next, we will cover some rules such as port forwarding and...