Installing Ip71; Introduction; Planning Your Network; Planning For Your Ip71 - Nokia IP71 User Manual

Installing IP71

Introduction

This chapter describes how to install and connect your IP71. It also helps you
plan the network and where to place the IP71 in your network. The IP71
provides a secure means of communications between the Internet and your
local area network.

Planning Your Network

Before you set up and configure your IP71, you need to plan the placement of
the IP71 as well as that of the Check Point management server. The
management server configures and 'pushes' a Check Point NG policy to your
IP71. A Check Point NG policy is said to be 'pushed' when it is actively
applied to the IP71.

Planning for your IP71

The IP71 functions as a firewall between the WAN and the LAN at a given
office site. As part of the network arrangement, the system administrator must
assign a WAN IP address and a LAN IP address to the IP71. Each IP address
is accompanied by a subnet mask.
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