Enabling Remote Management Access - NETGEAR ProSafe FVS336G Reference Manual

ProSafe Dual WAN Gigabit Firewall with SSL & IPsec VPN FVS336G Reference Manual
5. (Optional) To change the idle timeout for an administrator login session, enter a new number
of minutes in the Idle Timeout field.
6. Click Apply to save your settings or Reset to return to your previous settings.
Note: If the administrator login timeout value is too large, you may have to wait a
long time before you are able to log back into the VPN firewall if your
previous login was disrupted (for example, if you did not click Logout on the
Main Menu bar to log out).
Note: After a factory default reset, the password and timeout value will be changed
back to password and 5 minutes, respectively.

Enabling Remote Management Access

Using the Remote Management page, you can allow an administrator on the Internet to configure,
upgrade, and check the status of your VPN firewall. You must be logged in locally to enable
remote management (see
Note: Be sure to change the default configuration password of the firewall to a very
secure password. The ideal password should contain no dictionary words from any
language, and should be a mixture of letters (both upper and lower case), numbers,
and symbols. Your password can be up to 30 characters. See
and Administrator Settings" on page 8-8
To configure your firewall for Remote Management:
1. Select Administration > Remote Management from the main menu The Remote
Management screen is displayed.
8-10
"Logging into the VPN Firewall Router" on page
v1.2, June 2008
2-2).
"Changing Passwords
for the procedure on how to do this.
Router and Network Management