Reference Manual for th e Pr oSafe VPN F irewall 25 with 4 Gigabi t LAN a nd Dual WAN Por ts
Connecting the FVS124G to the Internet 4-3
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You make these selections during “Step 2: Log in to the VPN Firewall (Required)” on
page 4-7.
• There are a variety of WAN options you can choose when the factory default settings are
not applicable to your installation. These include enabling a WAN port to respond to a
ping and setting MTU size, port speed, and upload bandwidth. You will make these
choices in “Step 6: Configure the WAN Options (If Needed)” on page 4-23.
4. Prepare to physically connect the firewall to cable or DSL modems and a computer. You will
do this in “Step 1: Physically Connect the VPN Firewall to Your Network (Required)” on
page 4-7.
Cabling and Computer Hardware Requirements
To use the FVS124G VPN Firewall on your network, each computer must have an installed
Ethernet Network Interface Card (NIC) and an Ethernet cable. If th e computer will connect to your
network at 100 Mbps, you must use a Category 5 (CAT5) cable such as the one provided with your
firewall.
Computer Network Configuration Requirements
The FVS124G includes a built-in Web Configuration Manager. To access the configuration menus
on the FVS124G, your must use a Java-enabled web browser program that supp orts HTTP uploads
such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator. NETGEAR recommends using
Internet Explorer or Netscape Navigator 4.0 or above. Free browser programs are readily available
for Windows, Macintosh, or UNIX/Linu x.
For the initial connection to the Internet and configuration of your firewall, you will need to
connect a computer to the firewall that is set to automatically get its TCP/IP configuration from the
firewall via DHCP.
Note: For help with DHCP configuration, please refer to Appendix C, “Preparing Your Network.
The cable or DSL modem broadband access device must provide a standard 10 Mbps (10BASE-T)
or 100 Mbps (100BASE-Tx) Ethernet interface.