Router Upgrade - NETGEAR FVX538 - ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 Router Reference Manual

You must manually restart the VPN firewall in order for the default settings to take effect. After
rebooting, the router's password will be password and the LAN IP address will be 192.168.1.1.
The VPN firewall will act as a DHCP server on the LAN and act as a DHCP client to the Internet.
Warning: When you click default, your router settings will be erased. All firewall rules,
VPN policies, LAN/WAN settings and other settings will be lost. Please
backup your settings if you intend on using them!
Figure 6-5

Router Upgrade

You can install a different version of the VPN firewall firmware from the Settings Backup and
Firmware Upgrade screen. To view the current version of the firmware that your VPN firewall is
running, select Monitoring from the main menu. The Router Status screen on the will display all
of the VPN firewall router statistics. When you upgrade your firmware, the Firmware Version will
change to reflect the new version.
To download a firmware version:
1. Go to the NETGEAR Web site at http://www.netgear.com/support and click on Downloads.
2. From the Product Selection pull-down menu, select your product. Select the software version
and follow the To Install steps to download your software.
After downloading an upgrade file, you may need to unzip (uncompress) it before upgrading
the router. If Release Notes are included in the download, read them before continuing.
Router and Network Management
ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual
v1.0, March 2009
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