topic Re: How to assign ip address for ethernet port in Firewall and Security Management https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/How-to-assign-ip-address-for-ethernet-port/m-p/81655#M80702 It's a matter of personal preference, IMO.<BR />There's not a specific "best practice" to adhere to in this area. Sun, 12 Apr 2020 17:43:39 GMT PhoneBoy 2020-04-12T17:43:39Z How to assign ip address for ethernet port https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/How-to-assign-ip-address-for-ethernet-port/m-p/81653#M80701 <P>our firewall is hosted in a google cloud platform, however we were not the ones who assigned ip address of the ethernet ports found on gateways and manager. Could you kindly provide us best practices in assigning ip address for this, somehow we could experience it in configuring in our projects next year or in the future.</P> Sun, 12 Apr 2020 16:13:01 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/How-to-assign-ip-address-for-ethernet-port/m-p/81653#M80701 padawan_jedi 2020-04-12T16:13:01Z Re: How to assign ip address for ethernet port https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/How-to-assign-ip-address-for-ethernet-port/m-p/81655#M80702 It's a matter of personal preference, IMO.<BR />There's not a specific "best practice" to adhere to in this area. Sun, 12 Apr 2020 17:43:39 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/How-to-assign-ip-address-for-ethernet-port/m-p/81655#M80702 PhoneBoy 2020-04-12T17:43:39Z Re: How to assign ip address for ethernet port https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/How-to-assign-ip-address-for-ethernet-port/m-p/81663#M80703 <P>Hi!</P> <P>I'm not sure if you are asking some special instructions for GCP.</P> <P>See <A href="https://sc1.checkpoint.com/documents/R80.30/WebAdminGuides/EN/CP_R80.30_and_Above_CG_Autoscaling_Managed_Instance_Group_for_GCP/AdminGuide/Content/Configuring_the_GCP.htm?TocPath=Configuring%20the%20Google%C2%A0Cloud%20Platform%7C_____0" target="_self">here.</A> and <A href="https://cloud.google.com/community/tutorials/using-cloud-vpn-with-checkpoint" target="_self">here</A></P> <P>For Gaia download the latest Admin Guide.</P> <P>Here is how to set IP-address in Gaia command line:</P> <P>set interface eth0 ipv4-address 123.234.43.43 mask-length 24</P> <P>The same can be done from the WebUI as well.</P> Sun, 12 Apr 2020 22:26:45 GMT https://community.checkpoint.com/t5/Firewall-and-Security-Management/How-to-assign-ip-address-for-ethernet-port/m-p/81663#M80703 Lari_Luoma 2020-04-12T22:26:45Z