Configuring The Wan Port Internet Connections - NETGEAR ProSafe Quad WAN FR538G Reference Manual

ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit Firewall FR538G Reference Manual
1. Connect the firewall physically to your network. Connect the cables, turn on your router
and wait for the Test LED to go out. Make sure your Ethernet and LAN LEDs are lit. (See the
Installation Guide, FR538G ProSafe Quad WAN Gigabit Firewall for complete steps. A PDF
of the Installation Guide is on your Resource CD and on the NETGEAR website at:
http://kbserver.netgear.com.)
2. Log in to the firewall. After logging in, you are ready to set up and configure your firewall.
You can also change your password and enable remote management at this time.
3. Configure the Internet connections to your ISP(s). During this phase, you will connect to
your ISPs. You can also program the WAN traffic meters at this time if desired.
4. Configure the WAN mode (required for quad WAN operation). Select either auto-rollover
mode or load balancing mode (on a mutually exclusive basis). For load balancing, you can
also select the protocol bindings.
5. Configure dynamic DNS on the WAN ports (if needed). Configure your fully qualified
domain names during this phase (if required).
6. Configure the WAN options (if needed). Optionally, you can enable each WAN port to
respond to a ping. You can also change the factory default MTU size, port speed, and uplink
bandwidth. However, these are advanced features and changing them is not usually required.

Configuring the WAN Port Internet Connections

You should first configure your Internet connections to your ISPs on WAN port 1, and then
configure WAN 2, WAN 3 and WAN 4.
To automatically configure the WAN ports and connect to the Internet:
1. The WAN1 Settings screen similar to the one shown in
log in. (If the screen does not display, select the primary menu option Network Configuration
and the sub-menu option WAN Settings.
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Figure 2-1 should display when you
Connecting the FR538G