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Reference Manual for the Model FR114P, FR114W and FM114P Cable/DSL ProSafe Firewall
8-2
Maintenance
This screen shows the following parameters:
Table 8-1.
Menu 3.2 - System Status Fields
Field
Description
System Name
This field displays the Host Name assigned to the firewall in the Basic
Settings menu.
Firmware Version
This field displays the firewall firmware version.
WAN Port
These parameters apply to the Internet (WAN) port of the firewall.
MAC Address
This field displays the Ethernet MAC address being used by the Internet
(WAN) port of the firewall.
IP Address
This field displays the IP address being used by the Internet (WAN) port
of the firewall. If no address is shown, the firewall cannot connect to the
Internet.
DHCP
If set to None, the firewall is configured to use a fixed IP address on the
WAN.
If set to Client, the firewall is configured to obtain an IP address
dynamically from the ISP
IP Subnet Mask
This field displays the IP Subnet Mask being used by the Internet (WAN)
port of the firewall.
Domain Name Servers
(DNS)
This field displays the DNS Server IP addresses being used by the
firewall. These addresses are usually obtained dynamically from the ISP.
LAN Port
These parameters apply to the Local (WAN) port of the firewall.
MAC Address
This field displays the Ethernet MAC address being used by the Local
(LAN) port of the firewall.
IP Address
This field displays the IP address being used by the Local (LAN) port of
the firewall. The default is 192.168.0.1
IP Subnet Mask
This field displays the IP Subnet Mask being used by the Local (LAN)
port of the firewall. The default is 255.255.255.0
DHCP
If set to OFF, the firewall will not assign IP addresses to local PCs on the
LAN.
If set to ON, the firewall is configured to assign IP addresses to local
PCs on the LAN.
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Maintenance
8-3
Click on the “Show Statistics” button to display firewall usage statistics, as shown in
Figure 8-2
below:
Figure 8-2.
Router Statistics screen
This screen shows the following statistics:.
Click on the “Show PPPoE Status” button to display the progress of the PPPoE connection, as
shown in
Figure 8-2
.
Table 8-2.
Router Statistics Fields
Field
Description
Port
The statistics for the WAN (Internet) and LAN (local) ports. For each port, the screen
displays:
Status
The link status of the port.
TxPkts
The number of packets transmitted on this port since reset or manual clear.
RxPkts
The number of packets received on this port since reset or manual clear.
Collisions
The number of collisions on this port since reset or manual clear.
Tx B/s
The current line utilization—percentage of current bandwidth used on this port.
Tx B/s
The average line utilization —average CLU for this port.
Up Time
The time elapsed since this port acquired link.
System up Time
The time elapsed since the last power cycle or reset.
Poll Interval
Specifies the intervals at which the statistics are updated in this window. Click on Stop
to freeze the display.
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8-4
Maintenance
Click on the “Show VPN Log” “Show VPN Status” buttons to display VPN connection
information, as described in
Chapter 6, “Virtual Private Networking
.”
Attached Devices
The Attached Devices menu contains a table of all IP devices that the firewall has discovered on
the local network. From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading,
select Attached Devices to view the table, shown in
Figure 8-3
Figure 8-3.
Attached Devices menu
For each device, the table shows the IP address, NetBIOS Host Name (if available), and Ethernet
MAC address. Note that if the firewall is rebooted, the table data is lost until the firewall
rediscovers the devices. To force the firewall to look for attached devices, click the Refresh button.
Changing the Administration Password
You can use the Set Password menu to change the firewall administrator's password for accessing
the Settings pages. (Note that this is NOT your ISP account password).
The default password for the firewall’s Web Configuration Manager is
password
. NETGEAR
recommends that you change this password to a more secure password. The ideal password
should contain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a mixture of letters (both
upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols. Your password can be up to 30 characters.
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Maintenance
8-5
From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select Set
Password to bring up the menu shown in
Figure 8-4
.
Figure 8-4.
Set Password menu
To change the password, first enter the old password, and then enter the new password twice. Click
Apply.
After changing the password, you may be required to log in again to continue the configuration.
If
you have backed up the firewall settings previously, you should do a new backup so that
the saved settings file includes the new password.
For security, the administrator's login to the
firewall
configuration will timeout after a period of
inactivity. To change the login timeout period:
1.
Type the value in ‘Administrator login times out’ field.The suggested default value is 5
minutes.
2.
Click Apply to save your changes or click Cancel to keep the current period.
Configuration File Settings Management
The configuration settings of the FR114P Firewall are stored within the firewall in a configuration
file. This file can be saved (backed up) to a user’s PC, retrieved (restored) from the user’s PC, or
cleared to factory default settings.
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8-6
Maintenance
From the Main Menu of the browser interface, under the Maintenance heading, select the Settings
Backup heading to bring up the menu shown in
Figure 8-5
.
Figure 8-5.
Settings Backup menu
Three options are available, and are described in the following sections.
Restore and Backup the Configuration
The Restore and Backup options in the Settings Backup menu allow you to save and retrieve a file
containing your firewall’s configuration settings.
To save your settings, select the Backup tab. Click the Backup button. Your browser will extract
the configuration file from the firewall and will prompt you for a location on your PC to store the
file. You can give the file a meaningful name at this time, such as pacbell.cfg.
To restore your settings from a saved configuration file, enter the full path to the file on your PC or
click the Browse button to browse to the file. When you have located it, click the Restore button to
send the file to the firewall. The firewall will then reboot automatically.
Erase the Configuration
It is sometimes desirable to restore the firewall to a known blank condition. This can be done by
using the Erase function, which will restore all factory settings. After an erase, the firewall's
password will be
password
, the LAN IP address will be 192.168.0.1, and the firewall's DHCP
client will be enabled.

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