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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall 25 with 4 Gigabit LAN and Dual WAN Ports

4-2 Connecting the FVS124G to the Internet

202-10085-01, March 2005

– You can also add your own service protocols to the list (see “Services-Based

Rules” on page 6-4 for information on how to do this).

2. Set up your accounts

a. Have active Internet services such as that provided by cable or DSL broadband accounts

and locate the Internet Service Provider (ISP) configuration information.

• In this document, the WAN side of the network is presumed to be provisioned as

shown in Figure 4-1 with two ISPs connected to the FVS124G VPN Firewall through

separate physical facilities.

Each FVS124G WAN port must be configured separately, however, whether you are

using a separate ISP for each WAN port or are having the traffic of both WAN ports

routed through the same ISP. You will need your ISP information for “Step 3:

Configure the Internet Connections to Your ISPs (Required)” on page 4-8.

Figure 4-1: Postulated WAN provisioning used in this document

• If your ISPs charge by the amount of bandwidth you use each month, you may want to

consider setting up a traffic meter to keep track of your traffic (see “Programming the

Traffic Meter (if Desired)” on page 4-13 if you want to do this).

b. Contact a Dynamic DNS Service and set up your fully qualified domain names if you need

or want them. You will need your fully qualified domain names for “Step 5: Configure

Dynamic DNS (If Needed)” on page 4-20.

3. Plan your network management approach

• The FVS124G VPN Firewall is capable of being managed remotely, but this feature must

be enabled locally after each factory default reset.

You are strongly advised to change the default password password to something that is

more secure at the time you enable remote management.

FVS124G

ISP 1

ISP 2

Internet

WAN port 1

WAN port 2

customer premises

physical facility 1

physical facility 2

route diversity

firewall

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