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NETGEAR ProSafe SSL VPN Concentrator 25 SSL312 Reference Manual
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Additional System Configuration
v1.1, November 2006
2.
Enter the Hostname for the SSL VPN Concentrator. The hostname identifies the SSL VPN
Concentrator on the network. Use only letters and numbers for the hostname; do not enter non-
alphanumeric characters such as spaces or apostrophes.
3.
In the Primary DNS Server field, enter the IP address of your DNS server.
4.
In the Secondary DNS Server field, enter the IP address of a backup DNS server for
redundancy.
5.
In the DNS Domain field, enter the domain name of your network. This field is optional and is
not required for most network environments.
6.
Click Apply to update the configuration.
Setting Date and Time
To configure the SSL VPN Concentrator date and time settings:
Figure 7-5
Note:
If you update the SSL VPN gearhost hostname, you must restart the SSL VPN
Concentrator for the change to take effect. DNS settings changes take effect
immediately.
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1.
Under the System Configuration menu in the left navigation pane, click Date and Time.
The SSL VPN Concentrator uses the date and time settings to timestamp log events, verify
certificate validity, and for other internal purposes.
2.
From the Select Your Time Zone drop-down menu, select your time zone.
3.
Select either the Use Network Time Protocol (NTP) radio box or the Set date and time
manually radio box. If you select the manual option, enter the desired time (in 24-hour time
format) in the Hours, Minutes, Seconds, Month, Day and Year fields and proceed to
step 5
.
4.
Select the Network Time Protocol (NTP) servers to be used.
•
If you selected Use default NTP servers, NETGEAR’s primary and secondary NTP
servers for your time zone will appear.
Figure 7-1
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•
If you selected Use custom NTP servers, enter an NTP server IP address or fully-qualified
domain name (FQDN) in the address fields. (For redundancy, enter a backup custom
server address in the Secondary Server Name and IP Address
fields.)
5.
Click Apply to update the configuration.
If you enabled NTP, then the NTP time settings will override the manually configured time
settings. The NTP time settings will be determined by the NTP server and the time zone that is
selected in the Select Your Time Zone menu.
System Configuration Utilities
The Utilities
menu allows you to
•
export the configuration file
•
import a saved configuration file
•
upgrade the SSL VPN Concentrator software
•
restore the settings to factory defaults
•
restart the SSL VPN Concentrator
In addition, the menu allows users to encrypt the configuration files.
To access the SSL VPN Concentrator software and system settings, click Utilities under the
System Configuration menu in the left navigation pane. The Utilities menu will display.
Note:
If you select the default NTP servers or if you enter a custom server FQDN, the
SSL VPN Concentrator must determine the IP address of the NTP server by a
DNS lookup. You must configure a DNS server address in the Network menu
before the SSL VPN Concentrator can perform this lookup.
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Encrypting the Configuration File
For security purposes, you can encrypt the configuration files. However, if the configuration files
are encrypted, they cannot be edited or reviewed for troubleshooting purposes.
To encrypt the configuration files:
In the Utilities menu, check the Encrypt configuration file checkbox. The Configuration files will
be encrypted when they are exported to disk and decrypted when they are imported.
Exporting and Saving a Backup Configuration File
You may save the SSL VPN Concentrator configuration settings to a backup file and then import
the saved configuration file later.
To save a backup version of the SSL VPN Concentrator configuration:
1.
From the Save or Restore Configuration section of the Utilities menu, click Export. A screen
will display prompting you to Open or Save the file.
2.
Click Save.
Figure 7-2
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3.
Choose the location to save the configuration file. The file is named
CONF
.
ZIP
by default, but it
can be renamed.
4.
Click Save to save the configuration file.
Importing a Configuration File
To import a saved configuration file:
1.
In the Utilities menu, click Import. A submenu will display.
2.
Click Browse to locate a saved configuration zip file. The configuration zip file should contain
the
GEARHOST
.
CONF
,
SMM
.
CONF
and
TUNNELD
.
CONF
files.
3.
Select the file and then click Import.
4.
Restart the SSL VPN Concentrator server for the settings changes to take effect.
Figure 7-3
Figure 7-4

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