Automatically Detecting And Connecting The Internet Connection - NETGEAR UTM5 Reference Manual

Automatically Detecting and Connecting the Internet
Connection
To set up your UTM9S for secure Internet connections, the web management interface
provides the option to automatically detect the network connection and configure the xDSL
port. You can also manually configure the Internet connection and port (see
Configure the Internet Connection
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To automatically configure the WAN port for connection to the Internet:
1. Select Network Config > WAN Settings. The WAN screen displays.
Figure 306.
The xDSL module is installed in one of the two slots (SLOT-1 or SLOT-2). The WAN
Settings table displays the following fields:
• WAN. The WAN or DSL interface.
• Status. The status of the WAN or DSL interface (UP or DOWN).
• WAN IP. The IP address of the WAN or DSL interface.
• Failure Detection Method. The failure detection method that is active for the WAN or
DSL interface. The following methods can be displayed:
- None
- DNS Lookup (WAN DNS Servers)
- DNS Lookup (the configured IP address is displayed)
- PING (the configured IP address is displayed)
You can set the failure detection method for the DSL interface on the corresponding
WAN Advanced Options screen (see
Detection Method
• Action. The Edit button in the Action column of the SLOT-x entry provides access to
the xDSL ISP Settings screen (see
Connection Status screen (see
ProSecure Unified Threat Management (UTM) Appliance
on page 524).
on page 530).
step
xDSL Module for the UTM9S
Configure Auto-Rollover Mode and the Failure
step 2); the Status button provides access to the
4) for the DSL interface.
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Manually