NETGEAR FVS318N

Internet and Broadband Settings
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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
Set Up an IPv4 Internet Connection to Your ISP
 Complete these four tasks:
1. Configure the In
ternet connections to your ISPs. During this phase, you connect to
your ISP. See Configure the IPv4 Internet Connection on p
age 24. You can also program
the WAN traffic meter at this time if you wish. See Enable the WAN Traffic Meter on
page 290.
2. Confi
gure the WAN mode. Select either NAT or classical routing. See Configure the IPv4
WAN Mode on p
age 31.
3. Confi
gure Dynamic DNS on the WAN port (optional). Configure your fully qualified
domain names during this phase (if required). See Configure Dynamic DNS on p
age 40.
4. Confi
gure the WAN options (optional). Optionally, you can enable each WAN port to
respond to a ping, and you can change the factory default MTU size and port speed.
However, these are advanced features, and changing them is not usually required. See
Configure Advanced WAN Options and Other Tasks on
page 43.
Each of these four tasks is detailed separately in this chapter.
Set Up an IPv6 Internet Connection to Your ISP
 Complete these four tasks:
1. Configure the In
ternet connections to your ISPs. During this phase, you connect to
your ISP. See Configure the IPv6 Internet Connection on p
age 32. You can also program
the WAN traffic meter at this time if you wish. See Enable the WAN Traffic Meter on
page 290.
2. Confi
gure the IPv6 settings. Select IPv4/IPv6 mode to support both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic
and configure IPv6 tunnels. See Configure IPv6 Settings on p
age 36.
3. Confi
gure Dynamic DNS on the WAN port (optional). Configure your fully qualified
domain names during this phase (if required). See Configure Dynamic DNS on p
age 40.
4. Confi
gure the WAN options (optional). Optionally, you can enable each WAN port to
respond to a ping, and you can change the factory default MTU size and port speed.
However, these are advanced features, and changing them is not usually required. See
Configure Advanced WAN Options and Other Tasks on
page 43.
Each of these four tasks is detailed separately in this chapter.
Configure the IPv4 Internet Connection
To set up your wireless VPN firewall for secure IPv4 Internet connections, you need to
configure the WAN port. The web management interface offers two connection configuration
options:
• Auto
matic detection and configuration of the network connection
• Manual co
nfiguration of the network connection
Each option is detailed in a section that follows.