Internet And Wan Configuration Tasks; Roadmap To Setting Up Ipv4 Internet Connections To Your Isps - NETGEAR ProSAFE SRX5308 Reference Manual

Internet and WAN Configuration Tasks

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Roadmap to Setting Up IPv4 Internet Connections to Your ISPs

• Roadmap to Setting Up IPv6 Internet Connections to Your ISPs
Typically, the VPN firewall is installed as a network gateway to function as a combined LAN
switch and firewall to protect the network from incoming threats and provide secure
connections. To complement the firewall protection, NETGEAR advises that you use a
gateway security appliance such as a NETGEAR ProSecure STM appliance.
The tasks that are required to complete the Internet connection of your VPN firewall depend
on whether you use an IPv4 connection, an IPv6 connection, or both to your Internet service
provider (ISP).
Note: The VPN firewall supports simultaneous IPv4 and IPv6 connections.
Roadmap to Setting Up IPv4 Internet Connections to Your
ISPs
Setting up IPv4 Internet connections to your ISP or ISPs includes seven tasks, five of which
are optional.
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Complete these tasks:
1. Configure the IPv4 routing mode. Select either NAT or classical routing.
This task is described in
2. Configure the IPv4 Internet connections to your ISPs. Connect to one or more ISPs by
configuring up to four WAN interfaces.
You have two configuration options. These tasks are described in the following sections:
• Let the VPN Firewall Automatically Detect and Configure an IPv4 Internet Connection
on page 31
• Manually Configure an IPv4 Internet Connection
3. (Optional) Configure either load balancing or auto-rollover. By default, the WAN
interfaces are configured for primary (single) WAN mode. You can select load balancing
or auto-rollover and a failure detection method. If you configure load balancing, you can also
configure protocol binding.
This task is described in
on page 40.
4. (Optional) Configure secondary WAN addresses on the WAN interfaces. Configure
aliases for each WAN interface.
This task is described in
ProSAFE Gigabit Quad WAN SSL VPN Firewall SRX5308
Configure the IPv4 WAN Mode
Configure Load Balancing or Auto-Rollover for IPv4 Interfaces
Configure Secondary WAN Addresses
IPv4 and IPv6 Internet and WAN Settings
on page 29.
on page 34
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on page 47.