Define Inside Address Pool for Remote Users

Use the Configuration | System | Address Management | Pools menu to add or modify the inside address pool to be used by remote users, making them part of the inside network. Initially, the IP Pool Entry box is empty. Click the Add button to bring up the screen shown in Figure 14-19, which shows it is using the last 54 addresses in the inside network. Note, these addresses shouldn’t be assigned to inside hosts or included in any DHCP pools used in the network.

Figure 14-19: Defining a pool of addresses for remote users to use

Clicking the Add button implements the pool and returns to the Configuration | System | Address Management | Pools screen, as shown in Figure 14-20, to confirm the pool was added. The Add, Modify, and Delete buttons can be used to create new, to edit existing, or to remove existing pools. The Move Up/Move Down buttons are used to change the priority of the address pools: the higher a pool is in the list, the more likely the addresses are to be used. No Undo option exists yet on any of the configuration options.

Figure 14-20: Managing IP address pools for remote users