Netgear FVS336G-100NAS Reference Manual - Page 31

Configuring the Internet Connections, Automatically Detecting and Connecting

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ProSafe Dual WAN Gigabit Firewall with SSL & IPsec VPN FVS336G Reference Manual • Main menu. The horizontal orange bar near the top of the page is the main menu, containing the primary configuration categories. Clicking on a primary category changes the contents of the submenu bar. • Submenu. The horizontal grey bar immediately below the main menu is the submenu, containing subcategories of the currently selected primary category. • Tab. Immediately below the submenu bar, at the top of the menu active window, are one or more tabs, further subdividing the currently selected subcategory if necessary. • Option arrow. To the right of the tabs on some menus are one or more blue dots with an arrow in the center. Clicking an option arrow brings up either a popup window or an advanced option menu. Tip: In the instructions in this guide, we may refer to a menu using the notation primary | subcategory, such as Network | WAN Settings. In this example, Network is the selected primary category (in the main menu) and WAN Settings is the selected subcategory (in the submenu). You can now proceed to the first configuration task, configuring the VPN firewall's Internet connections. Configuring the Internet Connections To set up your VPN firewall for secure Internet connections, you configure WAN ports 1 and 2. The Web Configuration Manager offers two connection configuration options: • Automatic detection and configuration of the network connection. • Manual configuration of the network connection. Each option is detailed in the sections following. Automatically Detecting and Connecting To automatically configure the WAN ports for connection to the Internet: 1. Select Network > WAN Settings from the menu. The WAN Settings tabs appear, with the WAN1 ISP Settings tab in view. Connecting the FVS336G to the Internet 2-5 v1.0, October 2007

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ProSafe Dual WAN Gigabit Firewall with SSL & IPsec VPN FVS336G Reference Manual
Connecting the FVS336G to the Internet
2-5
v1.0, October 2007
Main menu
. The horizontal orange bar near the top of the page is the main menu, containing
the primary configuration categories. Clicking on a primary category changes the contents of
the submenu bar.
Submenu
. The horizontal grey bar immediately below the main menu is the submenu,
containing subcategories of the currently selected primary category.
Tab
. Immediately below the submenu bar, at the top of the menu active window, are one or
more tabs, further subdividing the currently selected subcategory if necessary.
Option arrow
. To the right of the tabs on some menus are one or more blue dots with an arrow
in the center. Clicking an option arrow brings up either a popup window or an advanced option
menu.
You can now proceed to the first configuration task, configuring the VPN firewall’s Internet
connections.
Configuring the Internet Connections
To set up your VPN firewall for secure Internet connections, you configure WAN ports 1 and 2.
The Web Configuration Manager offers two connection configuration options:
Automatic detection and configuration of the network connection.
Manual configuration of the network connection.
Each option is detailed in the sections following.
Automatically Detecting and Connecting
To automatically configure the WAN ports for connection to the Internet:
1.
Select Network > WAN Settings from the menu. The WAN Settings tabs appear, with the
WAN1 ISP Settings tab in view.
Tip:
In the instructions in this guide, we may refer to a menu using the notation
primary | subcategory, such as Network | WAN Settings. In this example,
Network is the selected primary category (in the main menu) and WAN
Settings is the selected subcategory (in the submenu).