There is an IP Group, ISP, and Country/Region On the IP Address Database page.
IP Group
You can define an IP address group that contains a collection of IP addresses. The IP address group can be an IP address segment on the intranet, an IP address range on the public network, or all IP addresses. The IP groups defined on the IP Group page can be used for the following purposes:
• Define the source and destination IP addresses of Firewall Rules on the page displayed after choosing Firewall > Firewall Rules. Define destination IP addresses on the page displayed after you choose System > Objects > Service.[LCH234][A235]
• Refer to the page displayed after you choose Online Activities > Bandwidth Management > Bandwidth Channel. [A236]Navigate to Objects > IP Group. The IP Group page is on the right.
Click Add to enter the Edit IP Group window.
Name: Specifies the name of the IP group to be added.
Description: Specifies the description of the IP group.
IP Address: Specifies the member IP addresses of the IP group. Enter an IPv6 address or an IPv6 address range in each row. The IP address range format is start address–end address, for example, 192.168.0.1-192.168.0.100.
Resolve Domain: A button for resolving the IP addresses of some domain names. Resolved IP addresses will be automatically added to the IP address list.
The domain name parsing function requires Internet access.
ISP
On the ISP page, you can set the IP address segment of the network carrier. This IP address segment is invoked during multiline routing in policy-based routing.
Click Delete to delete the selected Internet service provider (ISP) address library.
Click Add to add an ISP address library. The configuration page is as follows.
Name: Specifies the name of the ISP.
Description: Specifies the description of the ISP address library.
IP Address: Specifies the IP segment of the ISP (carrier).
WHOIS: Specifies the WHOIS flag of the ISP address segment. A WHOIS flag uniquely identifies the address of a carrier.
Auto Update: Specifies whether to update the ISP address library automatically. Automatic update is enabled by default.
WHOIS Server: Specifies the server for updating the ISP address library.
Update Internal: Specifies the automatic update interval. It can be set to Every day, Every week, or Every month.
Latest Updated: Indicates the latest update time.
Latest Message: Indicates the number of ISP address segments updated recently.
By default, the device contains four ISP address libraries: China Unicom, China Telecom, China Mobile, and the education network.
Country/Region
- From the Navigation bar, select IP Address Database and click the Country/Region tab. Create a new customs area as below.
- In the Virtual Line Rule, select the custom area.
3.11.1.12.3.1 Location Lookup
When there is abnormal traffic, the admin can use location lookup to search for the IP location and act accordingly.
3.11.1.6.12.2 Change IP Location
When admin/technical support has confirmed that the IP address has been miscategorized, but the actual location of the IP is from another place. Admin/technical support can manually change the IP location.
3.11.1.6.12.3 Update IP Address Database
Under the circumstance that the device can access the Internet, the IP address database will be updated in real time. It can also be manually updated to obtain the latest IP address database. If the IP address database is already the latest one, there will be a prompt for not updating during the manual update.