Easy Installation And Management - NETGEAR FVS338 - ProSafe VPN Firewall 50 Router Reference Manual

FVS338 ProSafe VPN Firewall 50 Reference Manual
• Automatic Configuration of Attached PCs by DHCP. The VPN firewall dynamically
assigns network configuration information, including IP, gateway, and domain name server
(DNS) addresses, to attached PCs on the LAN using the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol
(DHCP). This feature greatly simplifies configuration of PCs on your local network.
• DNS Proxy. When DHCP is enabled and no DNS addresses are specified, the firewall
provides its own address as a DNS server to the attached PCs. The firewall obtains actual DNS
addresses from the ISP during connection setup and forwards DNS requests from the LAN.
• PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE). PPPoE is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet
over a DSL connection by simulating a dial-up connection. This feature eliminates the need to
run a login program such as EnterNet or WinPOET on your PC.

Easy Installation and Management

You can install, configure, and operate the ProSafe VPN Firewall 50 within minutes after
connecting it to the network. The following features simplify installation and management tasks:
• Browser-based management. Browser-based configuration allows you to easily configure
your firewall from almost any type of personal computer, such as Windows, Macintosh, or
Linux. A user-friendly Setup Wizard is provided and online help documentation is built into
the browser-based Web Management Interface.
• Smart Wizard. The VPN firewall automatically senses the type of Internet connection, asking
you only for the information required for your type of ISP account.
• VPN Wizard. The VPN firewall includes the NETGEAR VPN Wizard to easily configure
VPN tunnels according to the recommendations of the Virtual Private Network Consortium
(VPNC) to ensure the VPN tunnels are interoperable with other VPNC-compliant VPN routers
and clients.
• SNMP. The VPN firewall supports the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to let
you monitor and manage log resources from an SNMP-compliant system manager. The SNMP
system configuration lets you change the system variables for MIB2.
• Diagnostic functions. The firewall incorporates built-in diagnostic functions such as Ping,
Trace Route, DNS lookup, and remote reboot.
• Remote management. The firewall allows you to securely login to the Web Management
Interface from a remote location on the Internet. For additional security, you can limit remote
management access to a specified remote IP address or range of addresses, and you can choose
a nonstandard port number.
• Visual monitoring. The VPN firewall's front panel LEDs provide an easy way to monitor its
status and activity.
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