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Security Gateway Manual Netgate-2100

DNS Servers For purposes of this setup guide, use the Google public DNS servers (8.8.8.8 and

8.8.4.4).

Note: The ﬁrewall defaults to acting as a resolver and clients will not utilize these forwarding

DNS servers. However, these servers give the ﬁrewall itself a way to ensure it has working DNS

if resolving the default way does not work properly.

Fig. 4: General Information page in the Setup Wizard

Type in the DNS Server information and Click Next.

4. Use the following information for the Time Server Information page:

Time Server Hostname Use the default time server address. The default hostname is suitable for

both IPv4 and IPv6 NTP clients.

Timezone Select a geographically named time zone for the location of the ﬁrewall.

For this guide, the Timezone will be set to America/Chicago for US Central time.

Change the Timezone and click Next.

5. Use the following information for the Conﬁgure WAN Interface page:

The WAN interface is the external (public) IP address the ﬁrewall will use to communicate with the Internet.

DHCP is the default and is the most common type of WAN interface for home ﬁber and cable modems.

Default settings for the other items on this page should be acceptable for normal home users.

Default settings should be acceptable. Click Next.

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