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Reference Manual for the
ProSafe VPN Firewall 25
with 4 Gigabit LAN and
Dual WAN Ports FVS124G
NETGEAR, Inc.
4500 Great America Parkway
Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA
202-10085-01
March 2005
202-10085-01, March 2005
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© 2005 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. Trademarks NETGEAR is a trademark of Netgear, Inc. Microsoft, Windows, and Windows NT are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are registered trademarks or trademarks of their respective holders. Statement of Conditions In the interest of improving internal design, operational function, and/or reliability, NETGEAR reserves the right to make changes to the products described in this document without notice. NE
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports Certificate of the Manufacturer/Importer It is hereby certified that the FVS124G ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports has been suppressed in accordance with the conditions set out in the BMPT-AmtsblVfg 243/1991 and Vfg 46/1992. The operation of some equipment (for example, test transmitters) in accordance with the regulations may, however, be subject to certain restrictions. Please
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports Open SSL Copyright (c) 1998-2000 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions * are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above co
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports MD5 Copyright (C) 1990, RSA Data Security, Inc. All rights reserved. License to copy and use this software is granted provided that it is identified as the "RSA Data Security, Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algorithm" in all material mentioning or referencing this software or this function. License is also granted to make and use derivative works provided that such works are identified as "derived from the RSA D
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports Product and Publication Details Model Number: FVS124G Publication Date: March 2005 Product Family: Router Product Name: FVS124G ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports Home or Business Product: Business Language: English Publication Part Number: 202-10085-01 -6 202-10085-01, March 2005
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports Contents Chapter 1 About This Manual Audience, Scope, Conventions, and Formats ................................................................1-1 How to Use This Manual ................................................................................................1-2 How to Print this Manual .................................................................................................1-3 Chapter 2 In
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports Inbound Traffic ................................................................................................................3-3 Inbound Traffic to Single WAN Port (Reference Case) ............................................3-3 Inbound Traffic to Dual WAN Port Systems .............................................................3-3 Inbound Traffic: Dual WAN Ports for Improved Reliability .................
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports Load Balancing (and Protocol Binding) Setup .................................................4-17 Step 5: Configure Dynamic DNS (If Needed) .........................................................4-20 Step 6: Configure the WAN Options (If Needed) ....................................................4-23 Chapter 5 LAN Configuration Using the LAN IP Setup Options ..............................................
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports Creating a VPN Connection: Between FVX538 and FVS124G ......................................7-5 Configuring the FVX538 ...........................................................................................7-5 Configuring the FVS124G ........................................................................................7-9 Testing the Connection ...........................................................
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports WAN Port Connection Status ...........................................................................8-18 Dynamic DNS Status .......................................................................................8-19 Internet Traffic Information ...............................................................................8-19 LAN Ports and Attached Devices ..................................................
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports Routing Information Protocol ................................................................................... B-2 IP Addresses and the Internet ....................................................................................... B-2 Netmask .................................................................................................................. B-4 Subnet Addressing ............................
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports MacOS X ............................................................................................................... C-16 Verifying TCP/IP Properties for Macintosh Computers ......................................... C-17 Verifying the Readiness of Your Internet Account .......................................................C-18 Are Login Protocols Used? .....................................................
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports C .........................................................................................................................Glossary-3 D .........................................................................................................................Glossary-3 E .........................................................................................................................Glossary-4 G ........
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Chapter 1 About This Manual This chapter describes the intended audience, scope, conventions, and formats of this manual. Audience, Scope, Conventions, and Formats This reference manual assumes that the reader has basic to intermediate computer and Internet skills. However, basic computer network, Internet, firewall, and VPN technologies tutorial information is provided in the Appendices and on the Netgear website. This guide uses the following typographical conventions: Table 1-1. Typographi
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports How to Use This Manual The HTML version of this manual includes the following: • Buttons, and , for browsing forwards or backwards through the manual one page at a time • A button that displays the table of contents and an button. Double-click on a link in the table of contents or index to navigate directly to where the topic is described in the manual. • A button to access the full NETGEAR, Inc. online kn
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports How to Print this Manual To print this manual you can choose one of the following several options, according to your needs. • Printing a Page in the HTML View. Each page in the HTML version of the manual is dedicated to a major topic. Use the Print button on the browser toolbar to print the page contents. • Printing a Chapter. Use the PDF of This Chapter link at the top left of any page. – Click the
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports 1-4 About This Manual 202-10085-01, March 2005
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Chapter 2 Introduction This chapter describes the features of the NETGEAR FVS124G ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports. Key Features of the VPN Firewall The FVS124G ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports with 4 port switch connects your local area network (LAN) to the Internet through an external access device such as a cable modem or DSL modem. The FVS124G is a complete security solution that protects your network from attacks and intrusions.
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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports • Front panel LEDs for easy monitoring of status and activity. • Flash memory for firmware upgrade. Dual WAN Ports for Increased Reliability or Outbound Load Balancing The FVS124G VPN Firewall has two broadband WAN ports, WAN1 and WAN2, each capable of operating independently at speeds of either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps. The two WAN ports let you connect a second broadband Internet line that can be configured o
