LAN Configuration
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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
For each VLAN profile, the following fields display in the VLAN Profiles table:
•Check box. Allows you to select the VLAN profile in the table.
•Status icon. Indicates the status of the VLAN profile:
-Green circle. The VLAN profile is enabled.
-Gray circle. The VLAN profile is disabled.
•Profile Name. The unique name assigned to the VLAN profile.
•VLAN ID. The unique ID (or tag) assigned to the VLAN profile.
•Subnet IP. The subnet IP address for the VLAN profile.
•DHCP Status. The DHCP server status for the VLAN profile, which can be either
DHCP Enabled or DHCP Disabled.
•Action. The Edit table button, which provides access to the Edit VLAN Profile screen.
2. Assign a VLAN profile to a LAN port by selecting a VLAN profile from the drop-down list. The
enabled VLAN profiles are displayed in the drop-down lists.
3. Click Apply to save your settings.
VLAN DHCP Options
For each VLAN, you need to specify the Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP)
options (see Configure a VLAN Profile on page 56). The configuration of the DHCP options
for the wireless VPN firewall’s default VLAN, or VLAN 1, is explained in Configure the IPv4
Internet Connection and WAN Settings on page 26. This section provides further information
about the DHCP options.

DHCP Server

The default VLAN (VLAN 1) has the DHCP server option enabled by default, allowing the
wireless VPN firewall to assign IP, DNS server, WINS server, and default gateway addresses
to all computers connected to the wireless VPN firewall’s LAN. The assigned default gateway
address is the LAN address of the wireless VPN firewall. IP addresses are assigned to the
attached computers from a pool of addresses that you need to specify. Each pool address is
tested before it is assigned to avoid duplicate addresses on the LAN. When you create a new
VLAN, the DHCP server option is disabled by default.
For most applications, the default DHCP server and TCP/IP settings of the wireless VPN
firewall are satisfactory.
The wireless VPN firewall delivers the following settings to any LAN device that requests
DHCP:
•An IP address from the range that you have defined
•Subnet mask
•Gateway IP address (the wireless VPN firewall’s LAN IP address)
•Primary DNS server (the wireless VPN firewall’s LAN IP address)