Step 3 – NETGEAR ProSafe FVS124G User Manual

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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports

4-8

Connecting the FVS124G to the Internet

202-10085-01, March 2005

Figure 4-2: Login screen on the Web browser

2.

For security reasons, the firewall has its own user name and password. When prompted, enter

admin

for the firewall user name and

password

for the firewall password, both in lower case

letters.The firewall user name and password are not the same as any user name or password
you may use to log in to your Internet connection.

Step 3: Configure the Internet Connections to Your ISPs
(Required)

The steps to configure the Internet connections to your ISPs are to configure WAN port 1 first and
then configure WAN port 2 second.

1.

The steps to configure WAN port 1 are as follows:

a.

You should now be connected to the firewall. If you do not see the WAN1 ISP Settings
screen shown in

Figure 4-3

, click the WAN1 ISP link directly under WAN Setup on the

upper left of the main menu.

Note:

You might want to enable remote management at this time so that you can log in

remotely in the future to manage the firewall. See

“Enabling Remote Management

Access” on page 8-9

for more information. Remote management enable is cleared with

a factory default reset.


Whenever you enable remote management, you are strongly advised to change your
password. See

“Changing the Passwords and Login Timeout” on page 8-8

for the

procedure on how to do this.

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