Connecting The Fvx538 Prosafe Vpn Firewall 200 - NETGEAR FVX538 - ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 Router Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538

Connecting the FVX538 ProSafe VPN Firewall 200

This section provides instructions for connecting the FVX538 VPN firewall. Also, the Resource
CD for ProSafe VPN Firewall included with your firewall contains an animated Installation
Assistant to help you through this procedure.
There are six major steps to connecting your firewall:
Connect the firewall physically to your network (required)
1.
You physically connect the cables during this step and then make sure the test lights are
working OK.
Log in to the firewall (required)
2.
You log in to the firewall to enter the information needed in the remaining steps. You can also
change your password and enable remote management at this time if you want.
Configure the Internet connections to your ISPs (required)
3.
You connect to your ISPs during this step. You can program the WAN traffic meters at this
time if you want also.
Configure the WAN mode (required for dual WAN)
4.
You select either rollover mode or load balancing (on a mutually exclusive basis) during this
step. For load balancing, you can also select the protocol bindings if you want.
Configure dynamic DNS on the WAN ports (if needed)
5.
You set up your fully qualified domain names during this step.
Configure the WAN options (if needed)
6.
You can optionally enable each WAN port to respond to a ping during this step. You can also
optionally change the factory default MTU size, port speed, and uplink bandwidth.
Follow the steps below to connect your firewall to your network.
You can also refer to the Resource CD included with your firewall which contains an animated
Installation Assistant to help you through this procedure.
4-6 Connecting the FVX538 to the Internet
January 2005