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Chapter 2

Connecting to the Internet (WAN)

The initial Internet configuration of the SRXN3205 ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall is

described in this chapter.

This chapter contains the following sections:

•

“Understanding the Connection Steps”

•

“Logging into the VPN Firewall”

•

“Navigating the Menus”

•

“Configuring the Internet Connection (WAN)”

•

“Configuring Dynamic DNS”

•

“Configuring the Advanced WAN Options (Optional)”

Understanding the Connection Steps

Typically, six steps are required to complete the basic Internet connection of your firewall.

1.

Connect the firewall to your network

. Connect the cables and restart your network

according to the instructions in the printed installation guide included in the product package.

A PDF of the

Installation Guide

is on the product CD and on the NETGEAR web site

at:

.

2.

Log in to the firewall

. See

“Logging into the VPN Firewall” on page 2-2

.

3.

Configure the Internet connection(s)

. See

“Configuring the Internet Connection (WAN)” on

page 2-3

.

Each of these tasks is detailed separately in this chapter. The configuration of firewall, VPN, and

Wireless features are described in later chapters.

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Logging into the VPN Firewall

To connect to the firewall, your computer needs to be configured to get an IP address via DHCP.

To log in to the firewall, follow these steps:

1.

Open a browser, and enter

in the address field.

The login window displays in the browser.

2.

Enter

admin

in lower case for the User Name and

password

for the Password.

3.

Click

Login.

The Web Configuration Manager appears, displaying the Router Status menu as

the default.

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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 firewall’s Internet

connections.

Configuring the Internet Connection (WAN)

To set up your firewall for secure Internet connections, you configure the WAN port. 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 following sections.

Automatically Detecting and Connecting

To automatically configure the WAN port for connection to the Internet:

Tip:

In the instructions in this guide, we may refer to a menu using the notation

primary > subcategory, such as Network Configuration > WAN Settings. In

this example, Network Configuration is the selected primary category (in the

main menu) and WAN Settings is the selected subcategory (in the submenu).

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1.

Select

Network Configuration > WAN Settings

from the menu/submenu.

The WAN tabs appear on screen with the WAN ISP Settings tab in view.

2.

Click

Auto Detect

at the bottom of the menu.

Auto Detect will probe the WAN port for a range of connection methods and suggest one that

your ISP appears to support.

a.

If Auto Detect is successful, a status bar at the top of the menu will display the results:.

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