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IP groups

There are a number of places in the FireBrick configuration where a range of IP addresses can be specified, e.g. filters, shaping rules, address mapping, etc. In most places you can instead select a named IP group.

IP groups provide a convenient means of naming an IP address range or set of IP address ranges.

An example of an IP group which is included in the factory reset is the RFC1918 Private IPs. These are IP addresses reserved for priavte use and are 192.168.X.X, 172.16-31.X.X and 10.X.X.X.

Name	Give the group a meaningful short name as this is what is shown in the list when groups can be used.
Security	This defines who can view or edit the group
Add new range	This allows a new range to be added to the group
Delete	This deletes a range from the group
Erase	This erases the whole IP group and all of the ranges within it

Logged in users

There is a special group which is not listed in the IP groups section but which can be selected in filters, etc. This IP of logged in users and is any IP address from which any user is logged in to the FireBrick. This can be useful to allow access from the location from which you have just logged in to the FireBrick. It also puts a time limit on the access as users automatically log out after a set time.

Technical Reference

The security on a group does not affect whether a user can use the group.
You can have a blank range for Any but this is pointless as the whole group becomes Any and you could simply not use a group instead.
You cannot edit an entry, but you can add a new entry and then delete the old one.
You cannot reorder entries as the order does not matter.