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Connecting the Firewall to the Internet

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Chapter 2 Connecting the Firewall to the Internet This chapter describes how to set up the firewall on your Local Area Network (LAN), connect to the Internet, perform basic configuration of your FVM318 Cable/DSL ProSafe Wireless VPN Security Firewall using the Setup Wizard, or how to manually configure your Internet connection. What You Will Need Before You Begin You need to prepare these three things before you begin: 1. Have active Internet service such as that provided by an cable or DSL broadband account. 2. Locate the Internet Service Provider (ISP) configuration information for your account. 3. Connect the firewall to a cable or DSL modem and a computer as explained below. Cabling and Computer Hardware Requirements To use the FVM318 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 firewall. Network Configuration Requirements The FVM318 includes a built-in Web Configuration Manager. To access the configuration menus on the FVM318, your must use a Java®-enabled web browser program which supports HTTP uploads such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape® Navigator. NETGEAR recommends using Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above. Free browser programs are readily available for Windows®, Macintosh®, or UNIX®/Linux®. For the initial connection to the Internet and configuration of your firewall, you will need to connect a computer to the firewall which is set to automatically get its TCP/IP configuration from the firewall via DHCP. Note: For help with DHCP configuration, please refer to Appendix C, "Preparing Your Network". Connecting the Firewall to the Internet 2-1

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Connecting the Firewall to the Internet
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Chapter 2
Connecting the Firewall to the Internet
This chapter describes how to set up the firewall on your Local Area Network
(LAN), connect to
the Internet, perform basic configuration of your FVM318 Cable/DSL ProSafe Wireless VPN
Security Firewall using the Setup Wizard, or how to manually configure your Internet connection.
What You Will Need Before You Begin
You need to prepare these three things before you begin:
1.
Have active Internet service such as that provided by an cable or DSL broadband account.
2.
Locate the Internet Service Provider
(ISP) configuration information for your account.
3.
Connect the firewall to a cable or DSL modem and a computer as explained below.
Cabling and Computer Hardware Requirements
To use the FVM318 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 firewall.
Network Configuration Requirements
The FVM318 includes a built-in Web Configuration Manager. To access the configuration menus
on the FVM318, your must use a Java
®
-enabled web browser program which supports HTTP
uploads such as Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape
®
Navigator. NETGEAR recommends
using Internet Explorer 5.0 or Netscape Navigator 4.7 or above. Free browser programs are readily
available for Windows
®
, Macintosh
®
, or UNIX
®
/Linux
®
.
For the initial connection to the Internet and configuration of your firewall, you will need to
connect a computer to the firewall which is set to automatically get its TCP/IP configuration from
the firewall via DHCP.
Note:
For help with DHCP configuration, please refer to
Appendix C, "Preparing Your Network"
.