Netgear FVS318G FVS318G User Manual - Page 131
Router and Network Management, Performance Management, Bandwidth Capacity - firmware upgrade
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Chapter 7 Router and Network Management This chapter describes how to use the network management features of your ProSafe VPN Firewall. These features can be found by clicking on the appropriate heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface. The ProSafe VPN Firewall offers many tools for managing the network traffic to optimize its performance. You can also control administrator access, be alerted to important events requiring prompt action, monitor the firewall status, perform diagnostics, and manage the firewall configuration file. This chapter contains the following sections: • "Performance Management" on page 7-1 • "Changing Passwords and Administrator Settings" on page 7-8 • "Enabling Remote Management Access" on page 7-10 • "Using the Command Line Interface" on page 7-13 • "Using an SNMP Manager" on page 7-13 • "Configuration File Management" on page 7-15 • "Upgrading the Firmware" on page 7-17 • "Configuring Date and Time Service" on page 7-18 Performance Management Performance management consists of controlling the traffic through the VPN firewall so that the necessary traffic gets through when there is a bottleneck and either reducing unnecessary traffic or rescheduling some traffic to low-peak times to prevent bottlenecks from occurring in the first place. The VPN firewall has the necessary features and tools to help the network manager accomplish these goals. Bandwidth Capacity The maximum bandwidth capacity of the VPN firewall in each direction is as follows: • LAN side: 8000 Mbps (eight LAN ports at 1000 Mbps each) 7-1 1.1 November, 2009