NETGEAR fvs114 manual Chapter Advanced Configuration, WAN Setup

Chapter 8

Advanced Configuration

This chapter describes how to configure the advanced features of your FVS114 ProSafe VPN Firewall. These features can be found under the Advanced heading in the main menu of the browser interface.

WAN Setup

Using the WAN Setup page, you can set up a Default DMZ Server and allow the router to respond to a 'ping' from the internet. Both of these options have security issues, so use them carefully.

Figure 8-1: WAN Setup menu

•Connect Automatically, as Required: Normally, this option should be enabled. An Internet connection will be made automatically after each timeout, whenever Internet-bound traffic is detected. This provides connection on demand and is potentially cost-saving.

If disabled, you must connect manually, using the "WAN Status" button on the Router Maintenance/Router Status screen. This manual connection will stay up all the time without timeouts.

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