Automatically Detecting And Connecting - NETGEAR ProSafe SRX5308 Reference Manual

Automatically Detecting and Connecting

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To automatically configure the WAN ports for connection to the Internet:
1. Select Network Configuration > WAN Settings. The WAN screen displays:
Figure 10.
The WAN Settings table displays the following fields:
• WAN. The WAN interface (WAN1, WAN2, WAN3, and WAN4).
• Status. The status of the WAN interface (UP or DOWN).
• WAN IP. The IP address of the WAN interface.
• Failure Detection Method. The failure detection method that is active for the WAN
interface. The following methods can be displayed:
- None
- DNS Lookup (WAN DNS Server)
- DNS Lookup (the configured IP address is displayed)
- PING (the configured IP address is displayed)
You can set the failure detection method for each WAN interface on its corresponding
WAN Advanced Options screen (see
Detection Method
• Action. The Edit table button provides access to the WAN ISP Settings screen (see
step 2) for the corresponding WAN interface; the Status button provides access to the
Connection Status screen (see
2. Click the Edit table button in the Action column of the WAN interface for which you want to
automatically configure the connection to the Internet. The WAN ISP Settings screen
displays. (The following figure shows the WAN1 ISP Settings screen as an example.)
ProSafe Gigabit Quad WAN SSL VPN Firewall SRX5308
on page 34).
step
Connecting the VPN Firewall to the Internet
Configure the Auto-Rollover Mode and Failure
4) for the corresponding WAN interface.
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