Logging Into The Vpn Firewall; Configuring The Internet Connections To Your Isps - NETGEAR FVX538v2 - ProSafe VPN Firewall Dual WAN Reference Manual

ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual
5. Configure dynamic DNS on the WAN ports (optional). Configure your fully qualified
domain names during this phase (if required). See
page 2-14.
6. Configure the WAN options (optional). Optionally, you can enable each WAN port to
respond to a ping, and you can change the factory default MTU size and port speed. However,
these are advanced features and changing them is not usually required. See
Advanced WAN Options (Optional)" on page
Each of these tasks is detailed separately in this chapter. The configuration of firewall and VPN
features is described in later chapters.

Logging into the VPN Firewall

To connect to the VPN firewall, your computer needs to be configured to obtain an IP address
automatically via DHCP. If you need instructions on how to configure you computer for DHCP,
refer to the "Preparing Your
"Related Documents."
To log in to the VPN firewall:
1. Connect to the VPN firewall by typing http://192.168.1.1 in the address field of your browser.
2. When prompted, enter admin for the VPN firewall user name and password for the VPN
firewall password, both in lower case letters. (The VPN firewall user name and password are
not the same as any user name or password you may use to log in to your Internet connection.)
3. Click Login.
Note: You might want to enable remote management at this time so that you can log
in remotely in the future to manage the VPN firewall (see
External Server for Authentication" on page
management, you are strongly advised to change your password (see
"Changing Passwords and Settings" on page

Configuring the Internet Connections to Your ISPs

You should first configure your Internet connections to your ISPs on WAN port 1, and then on
WAN port 2.
2-2
Network" document that you can access from the link in
v1.0, January 2010
"Configuring Dynamic DNS (Optional)" on
2-16.
6-11). If you enable remote
6-8).
Connecting the VPN Firewall to the Internet
"Configuring the
Appendix E,
"Configuring an