NETGEAR FVX538 - ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 Router Reference Manual page 188

ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual
a. Have active Internet services such as that provided by cable or DSL broadband accounts
and locate the Internet Service Provider (ISP) configuration information.
• In this document, the WAN side of the network is presumed to be provisioned as
shown in
physical facilities.
• Each FVX538 WAN port must be configured separately, however, whether you are
using a separate ISP for each WAN port or are having the traffic of both WAN ports
routed through the same ISP.
customer premises
FVX538
firewall
Figure B-1
• If your ISPs charge by the amount of bandwidth you use each month, you may want to
consider setting up a traffic meter to keep track of your traffic.
b. Contact a Dynamic DNS Service and set up your fully qualified domain names if you need
or want them.
3. Plan your network management approach
• The VPN firewall is capable of being managed remotely, but this feature must be enabled
locally after each factory default reset.
You are strongly advised to change the default password password to something that is
more secure at the time you enable remote management.
• There are a variety of WAN options you can choose when the factory default settings are
not applicable to your installation. These include enabling a WAN port to respond to a
ping and setting MTU size, port speed, and upload bandwidth.
4. Prepare to physically connect the firewall to cable or DSL modems and a computer.
Instruction for connecting your VPN firewall are in Installation Guide, FVX538 ProSafe VPN
Firewall 200.
B-2
Figure B-1with two ISPs connected to the VPN firewall through separate
WAN port 1
WAN port 2
v1.0, March 2009
route diversity
physical facility 1
physical facility 2
Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports
ISP 1
Internet
ISP 2