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Reference Manual for the Model FVS318 Cable/DSL ProSafe VPN Firewall

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Summary of Contents for FVS318 - ProSafe VPN Firewall Router

Page 1: ...SM FVS318NA 0 April 2002 NETGEAR Inc 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara CA 95054 USA Phone 1 888 NETGEAR Reference Manual for the Model FVS318 Cable DSL ProSafe VPN Firewall...

Page 2: ...erference in a residential installation This equipment generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interfe...

Page 3: ...estrictions Please refer to the notes in the operating instructions Federal Office for Telecommunications Approvals has been notified of the placing of this equipment on the market and has been grante...

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Page 5: ...figurable Ethernet Connection 1 2 Protocol Support 1 3 Easy Installation and Management 1 3 Maintenance and Support 1 4 Chapter 2 Setting Up the Hardware Package Contents 2 1 Local Network Hardware Re...

Page 6: ...etworking 3 6 MacOS 8 6 or 9 x 3 7 MacOS X 3 7 Verifying TCP IP Properties Macintosh 3 8 Your Internet Account 3 8 Login Protocols 3 9 Account Information 3 9 Obtaining ISP Configuration Information W...

Page 7: ...Configuring the Firewall 6 10 Installing the VPN Client Software 6 13 Configuring the Client Software 6 14 Open the Security Policy Editor 6 14 Create a VPN Connection 6 14 Configure the Security Pol...

Page 8: ...ons or Games 8 4 Local Web and FTP Server Example 8 4 Tip Multiple Computers for Half Life KALI or Quake III 8 5 Respond to Ping on Internet WAN Port 8 5 Dynamic DNS 8 6 LAN IP Setup 8 7 LAN TCP IP Se...

Page 9: ...tworks Routing and Firewall Basics Basic Router Concepts B 1 What is a Router B 1 Routing Information Protocol B 2 IP Addresses and the Internet B 2 Netmask B 4 Subnet Addressing B 5 Private IP Addres...

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Page 11: ...6 4 VPN Edit menu for connecting with a VPN client 6 11 Figure 6 5 VPN Edit menu for Manual Keying 6 24 Figure 7 1 System Status screen 7 1 Figure 7 2 Router Statistics screen 7 3 Figure 7 3 Attached...

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Page 13: ...2 Table 5 2 Log action buttons 5 3 Table 7 1 Menu 3 2 System Status Fields 7 2 Table 7 2 Router Statistics Fields 7 3 Table B 1 Netmask Notation Translation Table for One Octet B 6 Table B 2 Netmask...

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Page 15: ...ibes the features of the firewall and provides installation and configuration instructions Typographical Conventions This guide uses the following typographical conventions italics Book titles and UNI...

Page 16: ...t For Comment RFC published by the Internet Engineering Task Force IETF an open organization that defines the architecture and operation of the Internet The RFC documents outline and define the standa...

Page 17: ...For more information about address assignment refer to the IETF documents RFC 1597 Address Allocation for Private Internets and RFC 1466 Guidelines for Management of IP Address Space For more informa...

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Page 19: ...ng IP traffic to ensure secure firewall filtering The FVS318 allows Internet access for up to 253 users and is capable of eight simultaneous VPN connections Key Features The FVS318 VPN Firewall offers...

Page 20: ...encryption 3DES for maximum security Content Filtering With its content filtering feature the FVS318 VPN Firewall prevents objectionable content from reaching your PCs The FVS318 allows you to control...

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