It is also important to note that the concept or usage of zones is not something
unique to SonicWALL appliances.In fact,zones are used industry-wide in the fire-
wall and networking world.
Interface Modes
When you first power up a SonicWALL and begin to deploy it,the default configu-
ration is for the SonicWALL to utilize NAT (network address translation) and act as
a router.In this instance,devices inside the firewall are assigned private IP (Internet
Protocol) addresses that are not routable on the Internet.As traffic traverses the
SonicWALL,the firewall creates a session and provides translation to ensure traffic is
properly delivered.
However,
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