14.1 IP Address Groups
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## 14.1 IP Address Groups

IP groups are used for simple access to certain services (e.g. WinRoute's remote administration, Web server located in the local network available from the Internet, etc.). When setting access rights a group name is used. The group itself can contain any combination of computers (IP addresses), IP address ranges, subnets or other groups.

### Creating and Editing IP Address Groups

You can define IP address groups in the Configuration → Definitions → Address Groups section.

Figure 14.1. WinRoute's IP groups

Click on Add to add a new group (or an item to an existing group) and use Edit or Delete to edit or delete a selected group or item.

The following dialog window is displayed when you click on the Add button:

Figure 14.2. IP group definition

Name

  The name of the group. Add a new name to create a new group. Insert the group name to add a new item to an existent group.

Type

  Type of the new item:

  - Host (IP address or DNS name of a particular host),

  - Network / Mask (subnet with a corresponding mask),

  - IP range (an interval of IP addresses defined by starting and end IP address including the both limit values),

  - Address group (another group of IP addresses — groups can be cascaded),

  - Firewall (a special group including all the firewall's IP addresses, see also chapter 7.3 Definition of Custom Traffic Rules).

IP address, Mask...

  Parameters of the new item (related to the selected type).

Description

  Commentary for the IP address group. This helps guide the administrator.

Note: Each IP group must include at least one item. Groups with no item will be removed automatically.

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