NETGEAR FVS318N manual Easy Installation and Management

ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP). This feature greatly simplifies configuration of computers on your local network.

•DNS proxy. When DHCP is enabled and no DNS addresses are specified, the firewall provides its own address as a DNS server to the attached computers. The firewall obtains actual DNS addresses from the ISP during connection setup and forwards DNS requests from the LAN.

•PPP over Ethernet (PPPoE). PPPoE is a protocol for connecting remote hosts to the Internet over a DSL connection by simulating a dial-up connection.

•Quality of Service (QoS). The wireless VPN firewall supports QoS.

•Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol (L2TP). A tunneling protocol that is used to support virtual private networks (VPNs).

Easy Installation and Management

You can install, configure, and operate the wireless VPN firewall within minutes after connecting it to the network. The following features simplify installation and management tasks:

•Browser-based management. Browser-based configuration allows you to easily configure the wireless VPN firewall from almost any type of operating system, such as Windows, Macintosh, or Linux. Online help documentation is built into the browser-based web management interface.

•Auto-detection of ISP. The wireless VPN firewall automatically senses the type of Internet connection, asking you only for the information required for your type of ISP account.

•IPSec VPN Wizard. The wireless VPN firewall includes the NETGEAR IPSec VPN Wizard so you can easily configure IPSec VPN tunnels according to the recommendations of the Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC). This ensures that the IPSec VPN tunnels are interoperable with other VPNC-compliant VPN routers and clients.

•SNMP. The wireless VPN firewall supports the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) to let you monitor and manage log resources from an SNMP-compliant system manager. The SNMP system configuration lets you change the system variables for MIB2.

•Diagnostic functions. The wireless VPN firewall incorporates built-in diagnostic functions such as ping, traceroute, DNS lookup, and remote reboot.

•Remote management. The wireless VPN firewall allows you to log in to the web management interface from a remote location on the Internet. For security, you can limit remote management access to a specified remote IP address or range of addresses.

•Visual monitoring. The wireless VPN firewall’s front panel LEDs provide an easy way to monitor its status and activity.

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