NETGEAR FVS318 - ProSafe VPN Firewall Router User manual

Installation Guide
Cable/DSL ProSafe VPN Firewall
MODEL FVS318

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Introduction
Thank you for urchasing a NETGEAR FVS318 Cable/DSL ProSafe VPN Firewall. A firewall is
a s ecial ty e of router that incor orates features for network security. With this firewall you can
have secure Internet access through a high-s eed DSL or cable modem and share the single
modem with several com uters.
This installation guide shows you how to connect the firewall and configure it and your
com uters for secure Internet access. Setu is easy—follow the instructions in this guide and
your system will be u and running quickly.
If you have roblems, there is a troubleshooting section on age 13 to hel you—or you can
get more detailed troubleshooting information from the Reference Manual on the CD, online
from www.NETGEAR.com or by hone.
Installation Overview
Estimated time: 15 to 30 minutes
1. Gather the configuration information you have for your working DSL or cable modem
connection to the Internet.
2. Install the firewall between the DSL or cable modem and one com uter.
3. Configure that com uter to work with the firewall and restart the com uter and modem.
4. Configure the firewall and go online to test the connection.
5. Connect other com uters, configure them and restart each. (o tional)
6. Configure for VPN or ort forwarding. (o tional)
On the FVS318 Resource CD, you’ll find the FVS318 Installation Assistant, which
su lements the instructions in this installation guide by animating the ste -by-ste rocedures
given here. For more detailed information about installation, troubleshooting and configuration
rocedures, see the Reference Manual on the CD.
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What’s in the Box
When you o en the box, verify that you received everything.
The ackage includes:
• FVS318 Cable/DSL ProSafe VPN Firewall
• AC ower ada ter
• Ethernet atch cable
• FVS318 Resource CD, including a full Reference Manual and Installation Assistant.
• FVS318 Installation Guide (this document)
• Warranty and registration card
• Su ort information card
If you don’t have everything listed above, see the su ort information card for contact
information. If the su ort information card is missing, you can get contact information at
www.NETGEAR.com in the Customer Service area.
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Gather Configuration Information for
Your Working Connection to the Internet
Before installing the FVS318 firewall, you
should have an external DSL or cable
modem with an Ethernet ort set u and
working with one com uter. You’ll be
installing the firewall between the modem
and the com uter.
For each com uter that you want to
connect to the firewall, you must have
• An available RJ-45 Ethernet ort (or
ada ter) — either built-in or from a
network interface card (NIC) installed
in the com uter.
Note: If you have a built-in modem
or a modem card, the telephone jack
for the modem looks very similar to
an RJ- 5 Ethernet port, but the RJ-
5 port is larger.
• TCP/IP installed.
• If your com uter is a Windows®com uter, it must have the Client for Microsoft®
Networks software installed.
Note: Please see the Reference Manual on the CD if you need help installing
TCP/IP software or the Client for Microsoft Networks software on any Windows
computer that hasn’t been networked previously.
• A Category 5 (Cat 5) Ethernet atch cable
Note: There is one cable in the box with the firewall.
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modem, you will have a cable
connection between the
modem and your cable outlet.

Connection information
Later in the setu rocess you’ll need to configure the firewall to work with your network. A
Setu Wizard is available to hel you through this rocedure. Alternatively, you can configure
the firewall yourself using information that you can get from your com uter or your ISP about
your current Internet connection.
The next age includes blanks for you to fill in and refer to later. To get the needed
information from your com uter:
• O en the Network control anel, select the TCP/IP entry, and click Pro erties.
(Windows 98/Me)
• O en Local Area Network Connection and click Pro erties. (Windows 2000/XP)
• O en the TCP/IP (or Network) control anel. (Macintosh®)
Your ISP should have provided you with a summary sheet of all the information needed to connect
your computer to the Internet. If you cannot locate the information, you’ll have to contact your ISP.
An ISP Guide is included with your firewall’s documentation, either as a rinted card or on the
Resource CD. The ISP Guide contains s ecific configuration guidelines for connecting to
many o ular ISPs.

Host and Domain Names
Some ISPs use a s ecific host or domain name—like jsmith or earthlink.net. If you haven’t
been given s ecific information about host or domain names then use the following exam les
as a guide:
• If your main e-mail account with your ISP is [e-mail], then use aaa as your host
name. (Your ISP might call this your account name, user name, or system name.)
• If your ISP’s mail server is mail.xxx.yyy.com, then use xxx.yyy.com as the domain name.
Host name:_____________________________________
Domain name: __________________________________
Login Name
If your ISP requires a login name and assword ( ossibly because you have a PPPoE account),
fill in the following:
Login name:____________________________________
(may be your full e-mail address)
Password:______________________________________
Note: The login name could be called a user name or account name by your ISP.
The login name is case sensitive. You must type it exactly as given by your ISP. For
example, c_jones is a different login name than C_Jones or cjones.
Fixed (or static) IP address
If you have a static IP address through your ISP, fill in the following information:
IP address: _____._____._____._____
Subnet mask: _____._____._____._____
Gateway IP address:_____._____._____._____
DNS server address information
If you were given s ecific Domain Name System (DNS) server addresses, fill in the following:
DNS Server IP address(es): _____._____._____._____
_____._____._____._____
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Install the Firewall
After un acking the box and locating
the configuration information, you’re ready to
install the firewall.
Note: You do not have to power down any
equipment to do this, but if you need to move
your computers (perhaps to get to ports in
the back), you may want to shut down the
computers before moving them around.
1. Locate the Ethernet cable currently going
from the DSL or cable modem to the
com uter that you use to access the Internet.
Note: You must use this cable to connect the
DSL or cable modem to your firewall since
this may be a special cable even though it
looks like other LAN cables.
2. Remove this cable from the com uter and insert that end into the Internet ort on the
rear anel of the firewall.
3. Use the Ethernet atch cable that came with the firewall to connect the com uter to
one of the eight numbered local Ethernet orts on the rear anel of the firewall.
4. Connect the ower ada ter’s cord into the back of the firewall and then lug the
ada ter into a ower source (such as a wall socket or ower stri ).
5. Turn on the ower switch on the rear anel of the firewall.
Note: If you want to connect other computers to the firewall, don’t connect them
now. Do that after you know that the modem/firewall setup works with one
computer.
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Check the setup
• The Test light turns on for a few seconds and then goes off.
Note: If the Test light remains on for more than one minute, go to Troubleshooting
on page 13.
• The Power and Internet Link lights should be lit.
• If your com uter is on, the Local Link light should be on for the ort number that your
com uter is connected to.
Note: If the Local port connection is a 100 Mbps connection, the 100 light should be on.
If either the Power, Internet, or ort Link light isn’t lit, go to Troubleshooting on age 13.
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Configure the Computer to Work with the
Firewall and Restart the Network
Next, you make sure that the com uter can interact with the firewall. To do this, you configure
the TCP/IP settings on the com uter and then restart the network. How you do this de ends
on your com uter.
Windows Operating System
Normally, you leave the TCP/IP setu arameters at their factory default settings unless you
have a s ecific reason to change them. You should verify that the com uter is set to ‘obtain an
IP address automatically’ in the Network control anel.
Windows 98 or Me
1. Choose Settings>Control Panel from the Start menu.
2. Double-click the Network icon.
3. Click the Configuration tab.
4. In the list of installed network com onents, select the TCP/IP entry for the com uter’s
Ethernet ada ter or NIC.
5. Click Pro erties.
6. Click the IP Address tab.
7. Check that Obtain an IP Address Automatically ia selected, select if not.
8. Click the Gateway tab.
9. Select and remove any IP Gateway addresses that are listed.
10. Click OK and click OK again to close the Network control anel.
11. Go to Restarting the Network on the next age.
Windows 2000 or XP
1. Right-click My Network Place and choose Pro erties.
2. Double-click Local Area Network Connection and
click Pro erties.
3. Select Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) and click Pro erties.
4. Select Obtain IP address automatically.
5. Click OK twice and click Close.
6. Go to Restarting the Network.
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