Netgear FVX538 FVX538 Reference Manual - Page 144

Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 VPN Tunnels The VPN firewall permits up to 200 VPN tunnels at a time. Each tunnel requires extensive processing for encryption and authentication. See Chapter 7, "Virtual Private Networking" for the procedure on how to use this feature. Using QoS to Shift the Traffic Mix The QoS priority settings determine the priority and, in turn, the quality of service for the traffic passing through the firewall. The QoS is set individually for each service. • You can accept the default priority defined by the service itself by not changing its QoS setting. • You can change the priority to a higher or lower value than its default setting to give the service higher or lower priority than it otherwise would have. The QoS priority settings conform to the IEEE 802.1D-1998 (formerly 802.1p) standard for class of service tag. You will not change the WAN bandwidth used by changing any QoS priority settings. But you will change the mix of traffic through the WAN ports by granting some services a higher priority than others. The quality of a service is impacted by its QoS setting, however. See "Quality of Service (QoS) Priorities" on page 6-18 for the procedure on how to use this feature. Tools for Traffic Management The FVX538 ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 includes several tools that can be used to monitor the traffic conditions of the firewall and control who has access to the Internet and the types of traffic they are allowed to have. See "Monitoring" on page 8-15 for a discussion of the tools. Administrator and Guest Access Authorization You can change the administrator and guest passwords, administrator login timeout, and enable remote management. Administrator access is read/write and guest access is read-only. 8-8 Router and Network Management January 2005