Netgear FVL328 FVL328 Reference Manual - Page 31

Model FVL328 ProSafe High-Speed VPN Firewall Reference Manual Revision 2 1. Enter your Account Name (may also be called Host Name) and Domain Name. These parameters may be necessary to access your ISP's services such as mail or news servers. If you leave the Domain Name field blank, the firewall will attempt to learn the domain automatically from the ISP. If this is not successful, you may need to enter it manually. 2. Enter the PPPoE login user name and password provided by your ISP. These fields are case sensitive. If you want to change the login timeout, enter a new value in minutes. Note: You will no longer need to launch the ISP's login program on your computer in order to access the Internet. When you start an Internet application, the firewall will automatically log you in. 3. Enable or disable NAT (Network Address Translation). NAT allows all LAN computers to gain Internet access via this Router, by sharing this Router's WAN IP address. In most situations, NAT is essential for Internet access via this Router. You should only disable NAT if you are sure you do not require it. When NAT is disabled, only standard routing is performed by this Router. 4. Perform a DNS Lookup. A DNS (Domain Name Server) converts the Internet name (e.g. www.netgear.com) to an IP address. If you need the IP address of a Web, FTP, Mail or other Server on the Internet, you can do a DNS lookup to find the IP address. Domain Name Server (DNS) Address: If you know that your ISP does not automatically transmit DNS addresses to the firewall during login, select "Use these DNS servers" and enter the IP address of your ISP's Primary DNS Server. If a Secondary DNS Server address is available, enter it also. If you enter an address here, after you finish configuring the firewall, reboot your computers so that the settings take effect. 5. Enter the Router's MAC Address. Each computer or router on your network has a unique 32-bit local Ethernet address. This is also referred to as the computer's MAC (Media Access Control) address. Usually, select Use default address. If your ISP requires MAC authentication, then select either Use this Computer's MAC address to have the router use the MAC address of the computer you are now using, or Use This MAC Address to manually type in the MAC address that your ISP expects. 6. Click Apply to save your settings. 7. Click the Test button to test your Internet connection. If the NETGEAR Web site does not appear within one minute, refer to Chapter 8, Troubleshooting. Connecting the FVL328 to the Internet 3-7 May 2004, 202-10030-02