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5.
Click
Login.
The Web Configuration Manager screen appears, displaying Router Status:
Navigating the Menus
The Web Configuration Manager menus are organized in a layered structure of main
categories and submenus:
•
Main menu
. The horizontal orange bar near the top of the page is the main menu,
containing the primary configuration categories. Clicking on a primary category changes
the contents of the submenu bar.
•
Submenu
. The horizontal grey bar immediately below the main menu is the submenu,
containing subcategories of the currently selected primary category.
•
Tab
. Immediately below the submenu bar, at the top of the menu active window, are one
or more tabs, further subdividing the currently selected subcategory if necessary.
•
Option arrow
. To the right of the tabs on some menus are one or more blue dots with an
arrow in the center. Clicking an option arrow brings up either a popup window or an
advanced option menu.
You can now proceed to the first configuration task, configuring the VPN firewall’s Internet
connections.
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Configuring the Internet Connections
To set up your VPN firewall for secure Internet connections, you configure WAN port 1 and
WAN port 2. The Web Configuration Manager offers two connection configuration options:
•
Automatic detection and configuration of the network connection.
•
Manual configuration of the network connection.
Each option is detailed in the sections following.
Automatically Detecting and Connecting
To automatically configure the WAN ports for connection to the Internet:
1.
Select Network Configuration > WAN Settings from the menu. The WAN Settings tabs
appear, with the WAN1 ISP Settings screen in view.
2.
Click
Auto Detect
at the bottom of the page. Auto Detect will probe the WAN port for a
range of connection methods and suggest one that your ISP appears to support.
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Note:
If you click Auto Detect while the WAN port already has a
connection, you might lose the connection because the VPN firewall
will enter its detection mode.
a.
If Auto Detect is successful, a status bar at the top of the screen will display the
results.
b.
If Auto Detect senses a connection method that requires input from you, it will
prompt you for the information. All methods with their required settings are detailed
in the following table.
c.
If Auto Detect does not find a connection, you will be prompted to (1) check the
physical connection between your VPN firewall and the cable or DSL line, or to (2)
check your VPN firewall’s MAC address (For more information, see
“Configuring the
WAN Mode (Required for Dual WAN)”
on page 22 and
“Troubleshooting the ISP
Connection”
on page 165.
3.
To verify the connection, click the
WAN
Status
option arrow
at the top right of the
screen. A popup window appears, displaying
the connection status of WAN port 1.
Table 2-2.
Connection Method
Data Required
DHCP (Dynamic IP)
No data is required.
PPPoE
Login (Username, Password);
Account Name, Domain Name (sometimes required).
PPTP
Login (Username, Password),
Local IP address, and PPTP Server IP address;
Account Name (sometimes required).
Fixed (Static) IP
Static IP address, Subnet, and Gateway IP; DNS Server IP addresses.
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The WAN Status window should show a valid IP address and gateway. If the
configuration was not successful, go to
“Manually Configuring the Internet Connection”
on page 19 following this section, or see
“Troubleshooting the ISP Connection”
on
page 165.
Note:
If the configuration process was successful, you are connected to
the Internet through WAN port 1. If you intend to use the dual WAN
capabilities of the VPN firewall, continue with the configuration
process for WAN port 2.
4.
Click the
WAN2 ISP Settings
tab.
5.
Repeat the previous steps to automatically detect and configure the WAN2 Internet
connection.
6.
Open the WAN Status window and verify a successful connection
If your WAN ISP configuration was successful, you can go to
“Configuring the WAN Mode
(Required for Dual WAN)”
on page 22.
If one or both automatic WAN ISP configurations failed, you can attempt a manual
configuration as described in the following section, or see
“Troubleshooting the ISP
Connection”
on page 165.
Manually Configuring the Internet Connection
Unless your ISP automatically assigns your configuration automatically via DHCP, you will
need to obtain configuration parameters from your ISP in order to manually establish an
Internet connection. The necessary parameters for various connection types are listed in
Table 2-2 on page 18
To manually configure the WAN1 ISP settings:
1.
Select
Network Configuration
>
WAN Settings
from the menu. The WAN Settings
tabs appear, with the WAN1 ISP Settings screen in view.
2.
In the
ISP Login
options, choose one of these options:
•
If your ISP requires an initial login to establish an Internet connection, click
Yes
(this
is the default).
•
If a login is not required, click
No
and ignore the Login and Password fields.
3.
If you clicked
Yes
, enter the ISP-provided Login and Password information.
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4.
In the ISP Type options, select the type of ISP connection you use from the three listed
options. By default, “Other (PPPoE)” is selected, as shown below.
(If your connection is PPPoE or PPTP, your ISP will require an initial login.)
5.
If you have installed login software such as WinPoET or Ethernet, then your connection
type is PPPoE. If your ISP uses PPPoE as a login protocol:
a.
Select
Other (PPPoE)
.
b.
Configure the following fields:
•
Account Name
. Valid account name for the PPPoE connection.
•
Domain Name
.
Name of your ISP’s domain or your domain name if your ISP has
assigned one. In most cases, you may leave this field blank.
•
Idle Timeout
.
Select
Keep Connected
, to keep the connection always on. To
logout after the connection is idle for a period of time, click
Idle Time
and in the
timeout field enter the number of minutes to wait before disconnecting.
•
Connection Reset
. Select this checkbox to to specify a time when the PPPoE
WAN connection is reset, that is, the connection is disconnected momentarily and
then re-established. Enter the hour and minutes in the Disconnect Time fields to
specify when the connection should be disconnected. Enter the seconds in the
Delay field to specify the period after which the connection should be
re-established.
6.
If your ISP is Austria Telecom or any other ISP that uses PPTP as a login protocol:
a.
Select
PPTP
.
b.
Configure the following fields:
•
Account Name
(also known as Host Name or System Name). Enter the valid
account name for the PPTP connection (usually your e-mail name as assigned by
your ISP). Some ISPs require entering your full e-mail address here.
•
Domain Name
. Your domain name or workgroup name assigned by your ISP, or
your ISPs domain name. You may leave this field blank.
•
Idle Timeout
.
Check the
Keep Connected
radio button to keep the connection
always on. To logout after the connection is idle for a period of time, click
Idle
Time
and enter the number of minutes to wait before disconnecting in the timeout
field. This is useful if your ISP charges you based on the amount of time you have
logged in.

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