Understanding Connection Types - Symantec 360R - Security Gateway SGS Administration Manual

28 Configuring a connection to the outside network

Understanding connection types

Understanding connection types
and whether it applies to both WAN ports or if you must configure each
separately.
Table 3-1 WAN port configurations
Configuration
Connection types
Backup account
Optional network settings
Dynamic DNS
DNS Gateway
Alive Indicator
Routing
WAN port load balancing
and bandwidth aggregation
Bind SMTP
High availability
To connect the appliance to an outside or internal network, you must
understand your connection type.
First, determine if you have a dial-up or broadband account. If you have a dial-
up account, proceed to Dialup/ISDN. If you have a dedicated account, determine
the connection type by reading the following table, and then proceed to the
appropriate configuration section.
Which WAN port?
Configure a connection type for each WAN port.
See "Understanding connection types"
You can configure a primary connection for WAN1 and then
connect a modem to the serial port on the back of the
appliance for a backup connection. See
on page 39.
You can specify different configurations for each WAN port.
See "Optional network settings"
Applies to both WAN1 and WAN2. See
dynamic DNS" on page 45.
Applies to both WAN1 and WAN2. See
page 53.
Configure an alive indicator for each WAN port.
accounts" on page 39 or
settings" on page 50.
Configure routing for each WAN port. See
routing" on page 48.
Set the percentage of traffic you want sent through WAN1;
the remainder goes through WAN2. See
on page 51.
Bind SMTP to either WAN1 or WAN2. See
on page 52.
Specify whether high availability is used for each port.
See "High availability" on page 50.
on page 28.
"Dial-up accounts"
on page 54.
"Configuring
"DNS gateway"
"Dial-up
"Configuring advanced WAN/ISP
"Configuring
"Load balancing"
"SMTP binding"
on