Introduc
tion
2-
1
BETA
Chapter
2
Introduction
This chapter de
scribes the
fe
atures of the N
ETGEAR FVG318 ProSafe 802.1
1g W
ireless
V
PN
Fir
ewall.
Key Features of the W
ireless VPN Firewall
The
FVG318 ProSafe
802.1
1g W
ireless VPN Fi
rewall
with
ei
ght-port
swit
ch
connects your local
area
network (LAN
) to
the
Interne
t through
an
ex
te
rnal ac
cess
device such as a ca
ble modem or
DSL
mo
dem an
d p
rov
ides 80
2.1
1b/
g wireless L
A
N con
nectivit
y.
The
FVG318 is a complete se
curity solution that protec
ts
your ne
twork from
attacks and
intrusions. Unlike simple
Internet
sharing firewalls that re
ly
on
Netwo
rk Ad
dre
ss T
ra
nsla
tio
n
(NA
T
) for sec
urity
, the FVG318 use
s stateful pac
ke
t inspection for
Denial
of
Se
rvic
e attack (DoS)
protection and
intrusion detect
ion.
Th
e F
V
G
318
al
low
s Inte
rn
et
acce
ss for up to 253 use
rs. The
FVG318
W
ireless VPN F
irewall provides you with
multiple W
eb content filtering options, plus
browsing ac
tivity re
porting
an
d
instant aler
ts — both via e-mail. Parents and
network
adminis
trators
c
an e
stablis
h restric
te
d ac
ces
s
polic
ies based on time-of-da
y, W
eb site addres
ses
and addre
ss ke
yw
ords,
an
d sha
re high-s
pee
d ca
ble/D
SL Inte
rne
t a
cces
s for up to 253 pers
onal
computers. In addition t
o NA
T,
the
bu
ilt-in
firewall protects you from
hackers.
W
ith
m
inim
um
setu
p, yo
u ca
n in
stall
and us
e the firew
all
w
ithin minutes.
The
FVG
318 W
ire
less VPN Firewa
ll
provide
s the following fea
tures
:
•
802
.1
1g
and
80
2.1
1b
stan
dards-b
ased wireless
network
ing
.
•
W
irel
ess
Multimedia (WMM) support.
•
E
asy
, W
eb
-based
setu
p fo
r in
st
allatio
n an
d management
.
•
F
ro
nt
panel LEDs fo
r easy
mo
nito
ring
o
f statu
s and
activ
ity
.
•
C
ontent
filtering and
sit
e blocking securit
y.
•
B
uilt-in eight-port 10/
100
Mbps
switch.
•
E
thernet connec
tion to
a W
A
N
device,
such as
a cable mode
m or DSL mode
m.
•
E
xten
siv
e pro
toc
ol su
pp
ort.
•
F
lash memory for
firmware
upgrade.