Firewall And Network Management; Performance Management; Bandwidth Capacity - NETGEAR SRXN3205 - ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall Wireless Router Reference Manual

This chapter describes how to use the network management features of your ProSafe Wireless-N
VPN Firewall. These features can be found by clicking on the appropriate heading in the Main
Menu of the browser interface.
The ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall offers many tools for managing the network traffic to
optimize its performance. You can also control administrator access, be alerted to important events
requiring prompt action, monitor the firewall status, perform diagnostics, and manage the firewall
configuration file.
This chapter contains the following sections:
•

"Performance Management"

• "Changing Passwords and Administrator Settings"
• "Enabling Remote Management Access"
• "Using an SNMP Manager"
• "Settings Backup and Firmware Upgrade"
• "Configuring Time Zone Settings"
Performance Management
Performance management consists of controlling the traffic through the firewall so that the
necessary traffic gets through when there is a bottleneck and either reducing unnecessary traffic or
rescheduling some traffic to low-peak times to prevent bottlenecks from occurring in the first
place. The firewall has the necessary features and tools to help the network manager accomplish
these goals.

Bandwidth Capacity

The maximum bandwidth capacity of the firewall in each direction is as follows:
• LAN side: 5000 Mbps (five LAN ports at 1000 Mbps each)

Firewall and Network Management

ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 Reference Manual
Firewall and Network Management
v1.0, October 2008
Chapter 9
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