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WAN Status, Connect, at the top right of the screen to verify WAN Port 1 connection status. Click - router

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ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual When Auto Detect successfully detects an active Internet service, it reports which connection type it discovered. The options are described in the following table. Table 2-1. Internet connection methods Connection Method PPPoE PPTP DHCP (Dynamic IP) Fixed (Static) IP Data Required Login (Username, Password); Account Name, Domain Name Login (Username, Password), Account Name, Local IP address, and PPTP Server IP address; No data is required. Static IP address, Subnet, and Gateway IP; and related data supplied by your ISP. If Auto Detect does not find a connection, you will be prompted to check the physical connection between your firewall and the cable or DSL line or to check your Router's MAC address (see "Setting the Router's MAC Address" on page 2-4). 3. Click WAN Status at the top right of the screen to verify WAN Port 1 connection status. Click Connect if connection not already present. Figure 2-2 Connecting the FVX538 to the Internet 2-3 v1.0, March 2009

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ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual
Connecting the FVX538 to the Internet
2-3
v1.0, March 2009
When Auto Detect successfully detects an active Internet service, it reports which connection
type it discovered. The options are described in the following table.
If Auto Detect does not find a connection, you will be prompted to check the physical
connection between your firewall and the cable or DSL line or to check your Router’s MAC
address (see
“Setting the Router’s MAC Address” on page 2-4
).
3.
Click
WAN Status
at the top right of the screen to verify WAN Port 1 connection status. Click
Connect
if connection not already present.
Table 2-1. Internet connection methods
Connection Method
Data Required
PPPoE
Login (Username, Password); Account Name, Domain Name
PPTP
Login (Username, Password), Account Name, Local IP address, and
PPTP Server IP address;
DHCP (Dynamic IP)
No data is required.
Fixed (Static) IP
Static IP address, Subnet, and Gateway IP; and related data supplied by
your ISP.
Figure 2-2