Cabling And Computer Hardware Requirements - NETGEAR UTM5 Reference Manual

ProSecure Unified Threat Management (UTM) Appliance
- For load balancing mode, decide which protocols should be bound to a
specific WAN port.
- You can also add your own service protocols to the list.
2. Set up your accounts.
a. Obtain active Internet services such as cable or DSL broadband accounts, and locate
the Internet service provider (ISP) configuration information.
• In this manual, the WAN side of the network is presumed to be provisioned as
shown in the following figure, with two ISPs connected to the UTM through
separate physical facilities.
• Each WAN port needs to be configured separately, whether you are using a
separate ISP for each WAN port or you are using the same ISP to route the traffic
of both WAN ports.
• If your ISP charges by the volume of data traffic each month, consider enabling
the UTM's traffic meter to monitor or limit your traffic.
Customer premises
WAN port 1
UTM
WAN port 2
Figure 334.
b. Contact a Dynamic DNS service and register FQDNs for one or both WAN ports.
3. Plan your network management approach.
• The UTM is capable of being managed remotely, but this feature needs to be enabled
locally after each factory default reset.
NETGEAR strongly advises you to change the default management password to a
strong password before enabling remote management.
• You can choose a variety of WAN options if the factory default settings are not
suitable for your installation. These options 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 your cable or DSL modems and a computer.
Instructions for connecting the UTM are in the ProSecure Unified Threat Management UTM
Installation Guide.

Cabling and Computer Hardware Requirements

For you to use the UTM in your network, each computer needs to have an Ethernet network
interface card (NIC) installed and needs to be equipped with an Ethernet cable. If the
Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports (Multiple WAN Port Models Only)
Route diversity
Physical facility 1
Physical facility 2
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ISP 1
Internet
ISP 2