Signatures & Scan Engine Settings | NETGEAR UTM5-100NAS guide

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Configuring Automatic Update and Frequency Settings

To configure the update settings and frequency settings for automatic downloading of the scan engine firmware and pattern file:

1.Locate the Update Settings, Frequency Settings, and HTTPS Proxy Settings section on the Signatures & Engine screen (see Figure 10-7 on page 10-22).

2.Enter the settings as explained in Table 10-2.

Setting	Description (or Subfield and Description)

Update Settings

Update	From the pull-down menu, select one of the following options:
	• Never. The pattern and firmware files are never automatically updated.
	• Scan engine and Signatures. The pattern and firmware files are automatically
	updated according to the Update Frequency settings below.

Update From	Set the update source server by selecting one of the following radio buttons:
	• Default update server. Files are updated from the default NETGEAR update server.
	• Server address. Files are updated from the server that you specify: enter the IP
	address or host name of the update server.

Specify the frequency with which the UTM checks for file updates:

• Weekly. From the pull-down menus, select the weekday, hour, and minutes that the updates occur.

• Daily. From the pull-down menus, select the hour, and minutes that the updates occur.

• Every. From the pull-down menu, select the frequency with which the updates occur. The range is from 15 minutes to 12 hours.

Enable	If computers on the network connect to the Internet via a proxy server, select the
	Enable checkbox to specify and enable a proxy server and enter the following settings:

	Proxy server	The IP address and port number of the proxy server.

	User name	The user name for proxy server authentication.

	Password	The password for proxy server authentication.

3.Click Apply to save your settings.

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