Cabling And Computer Hardware Requirements; Computer Network Configuration Requirements; Internet Configuration Requirements - NETGEAR FVX538 - ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 Router Reference Manual

• There are a variety of WAN options you can choose when the factory default settings are
not applicable to your installation. These include enabling a WAN port to respond to a
ping and setting MTU size, port speed, and upload bandwidth. You will make these
choices in "Step 6: Configure the WAN Options (If Needed)" on page
Prepare to physically connect the firewall to cable or DSL modems and a computer. You will
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do this in "Step 1: Physically Connect the VPN Firewall to Your Network (Required)" on
page 4-7.

Cabling and Computer Hardware Requirements

To use the FVX538 VPN firewall on your network, each computer must have an installed Ethernet
Network Interface Card (NIC) and an Ethernet cable. If the computer will connect to your network
at 100 Mbps, you must use a Category 5 (CAT5) cable such as the one provided with your firewall.

Computer Network Configuration Requirements

The FVX538 includes a built-in Web Configuration Manager. To access the configuration menus
on the FVX538, your must use a Java-enabled web browser program that supports HTTP uploads
such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. NETGEAR recommends using
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or above. Free browser programs are readily available
for Windows, Macintosh, or UNIX/Linux.
For the initial connection to the Internet and configuration of your firewall, you will need to
connect a computer to the firewall that is set to automatically get its TCP/IP configuration from the
firewall via DHCP.
Note: For help with DHCP configuration, please refer to
The cable or DSL modem broadband access device must provide a standard 10 Mbps (10BASE-T)
Ethernet interface.

Internet Configuration Requirements

Depending on how your ISPs set up your Internet accounts, you will need one or more of these
configuration parameters to connect your firewall to the Internet:
• Host and Domain Names
• ISP Login Name and Password
• ISP Domain Name Server (DNS) Addresses
Connecting the FVX538 to the Internet
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