Cabling And Computer Hardware Requirements; Computer Network Configuration Requirements; Internet Configuration Requirements - NETGEAR FVX538v2 - ProSafe VPN Firewall Dual WAN Reference Manual

• There are a variety of WAN options you can choose when the factory default settings are
not applicable to your installation. These include enabling a WAN port to respond to a
ping and setting MTU size, port speed, and upload bandwidth.
4. Prepare to physically connect the VPN firewall to cable or DSL modems and a computer.
Instruction for connecting your VPN firewall are in Installation Guide, FVX538 ProSafe VPN
Firewall 200.

Cabling and Computer Hardware Requirements

To use the VPN firewall on your network, each computer must have an installed Ethernet Network
Interface Card (NIC) and an Ethernet cable. If the computer will connect to your network at
100 Mbps, you must use a Category 5 (CAT5) cable such as the one provided with your VPN
firewall.

Computer Network Configuration Requirements

The VPN firewall includes a built-in Web Configuration Manager. To access the configuration
menus on the VPN firewall, your must use a Java-enabled Web browser program that supports
HTTP uploads such as Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 or higher, Mozilla Firefox 3 or higher, or
Apple Safari 3 or higher with JavaScript, cookies, and you must have SSL enabled.
For the initial connection to the Internet and configuration of your VPN firewall, you will need to
connect a computer to the VPN firewall that is set to automatically get its TCP/IP configuration
from the VPN firewall via DHCP.
Note: For help with DHCP configuration, please refer to the link in
Documents."
The cable or DSL modem broadband access device must provide a standard 10 Mbps (10BASE-T)
Ethernet interface.

Internet Configuration Requirements

Depending on how your ISPs set up your Internet accounts, you will need one or more of these
configuration parameters to connect your VPN firewall to the Internet:
• Host and Domain Names
• ISP Login Name and Password
• ISP Domain Name Server (DNS) Addresses
Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports
ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual
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