Appendix A Network Planning For Multiple Wan Ports; What To Consider Before You Begin; Planning Overview - NETGEAR ProSafe FVS336Gv2 Reference Manual

ProSAFE Dual WAN Gigabit WAN SSL VPN Firewall FVS336Gv2

What to Consider Before You Begin

The following sections provide information about planning and requirements:
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Planning Overview

• Cabling and Computer Hardware Requirements
• Computer Network Configuration Requirements
• Internet Configuration Requirements
Planning Overview
The VPN firewall is a powerful and versatile solution for your networking needs. To make the
configuration process easier and to understand all of the choices that are available to you,
consider the following before you begin:
1. Plan your network.
a. Determine whether you will use one or several WAN ports. For one WAN port, you
might need a fully qualified domain name either for convenience or to remotely
access a dynamic WAN IP address.
b. If you intend to use several WAN ports, determine whether you will use them in
auto-rollover mode for increased system reliability or load balancing mode for
maximum bandwidth efficiency. See the topics in this appendix on page
more information. Your decision has the following implications:
• Fully qualified domain name (FQDN)
- For auto-rollover mode, you need an FQDN to implement features such as
exposed hosts and virtual private networks.
- For load balancing mode, you might still need an FQDN either for
convenience or to remotely access a dynamic WAN IP address.
• Protocol binding
- For auto-rollover mode, protocol binding does not apply.
- For load balancing mode, decide which protocols will be bound to a specific
WAN port.
- You can also add your own service protocols to the list.
2. Set up your accounts.
a. Obtain active Internet services such as DSL broadband accounts and locate the
Internet service provider (ISP) configuration information.
• In this manual, the WAN side of the network is presumed to be provisioned as
shown in the following figure, with two ISPs connected to the VPN firewall through
separate physical facilities.
• Each WAN port must be configured separately, whether you are using a separate
ISP for each WAN port or you are using the same ISP to route the traffic of both
WAN ports.
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