NETGEAR ProSafe FVS124G - Manual (Page 46)

Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports
4-2 Connecting the FVS124G to the Internet
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– You can also add your own service protocols to the list (see “Services-Based
Rules” on page 6-4 for information on how to do this).
2. Set up your accounts
a. Have active Internet services such as that provided by cable or DSL broadband accounts
and locate the Internet Service Provider (ISP) configuration information.
• In this document, the WAN side of the network is presumed to be provisioned as
shown in
Figure 4-1 with two ISPs connected to the FVS124G VPN Firewall through
separate physical facilities.
Each FVS124G WAN port must be configured separately, however, whether you are
using a separate ISP for each WAN port or are having the traffic of both WAN ports
routed through the same ISP. You will need your ISP information for
“Step 3:
Configure the Internet Connections to Your ISPs (Required)” on page 4-8 .
Figure 4-1: Postulated WAN provisioning used in this document
• If your ISPs charge by the amount of bandwidth you use each month, you may want to
consider setting up a traffic meter to keep track of your traffic (see
“Programming the
Traffic Meter (if Desired)” on page 4-13 if you want to do this).
b. Contact a Dynamic DNS Service and set up your fully qualified domain names if you need
or want them. You will need your fully qualified domain names for
“Step 5: Configure
Dynamic DNS (If Needed)” on page 4-20 .
3. Plan your network management approach
• The FVS124G VPN Firewall is capable of being managed remotely, but this feature must
be enabled locally after each factory default reset.
You are strongly advised to change the default password password to something that is
more secure at the time you enable remote management.
FVS124G
ISP 1
ISP 2
Internet
WAN port 1
WAN port 2
customer premises
physical facility 1
physical facility 2
route diversity
firewall