You set the host name for the Smoothwall during installation. However, you can use the administration interface to change the host name at any point.
Changing the host name causes the Smoothwall to regenerate its SSL certificate. You must reimport it to any hosts that have imported the original certificate, for example, those that use SSL log ins.
The Smoothwall Filter and Firewall identifies itself to the network by default by using its IP address. You can change this so that it uses host name identification instead, but you must make sure that the host name can be resolved.
For centrally managed Smoothwalls behind a load balancer, host name redirection is to a common, shared host name for the cluster, not to the host name of the parent node. See: Setting up a centrally managed system.
Typically, the host name includes the name of the domain that the Smoothwall Filter and Firewall hardware appliance is in.
- On the SYSTEM menu, under the Preferences submenu, click Hostname.
- Under the Hostname section, enter a Hostname.
- To change so that the Smoothwall identifies itself to the network using its host name identification, under the Hostname section, from the System identification method list, select "Hostname" from the list.
- Click Save changes.
- Reboot the Smoothwall either by clicking the rebooted link under the Warning section that appears at the top of the page, or on the SYSTEM menu, under the Maintenance submenu, click Shutdown.