The information displayed here is very general, yet essential. Your system needs to be associated with a name as well as a domain name. The System and Uptime Info fields give you basic information about your system.
A name will be attributed to the system. That name will then be allocated to a local network. At this point, the parameters to enter depend on whether or not you have a permanent access to the Internet with a fixed IP address.
System Name | firewall.company.net |
This field holds your machine's full hostname: the machine name followed by the domain name, such as firewall.company.net.
Domain Name | company.net |
This field holds the machine's domain name. If you hold a domain name and have the required DNSs pointing to your IP address, use it here. Otherwise, use your Internet Service Provider's domain name.
System Info | Linux firewall.company.net 2.4.18-8.1mdksecure #1... |
This field displays, in order, 1) the OS type 2) the machine's full name 3) the kernel version 4) the date it was installed 5) and the processor type.
Uptime Info | 4:33pm up 1 day, 23:26, 7 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 |
This field displays, in order, 1) the local time 2) the uptime in days, minutes and seconds 3) the number of users 4) and the load average for the past 1, 5, and 15 minutes.
Modify | green check mark |
Click on this check box if you want to change the System Name and/or the Domain Name.