NETGEAR FVS318N

Network and System Management
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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
process is complete. The reboot process takes about 160 seconds. (If you can see the unit:
The reboot process is complete when the Test LED on the front panel goes off.)
WARNING!
When you press the hardware factory default Reset button or click
the software Default button, the wireless VPN firewall settings are
erased. All firewall rules, VPN policies, LAN and WAN settings,
and other settings are lost. Back up your settings if you intend on
using them.
Note: After you reboot with factory default settings, the wireless VPN
firewall’s password is password, and the LAN IP address is
192.168.1.1.
Update the Firmware
You can install a different version of the wireless VPN firewall firmware from the Settings
Backup and Firmware Upgrade screen. To view the current version of the firmware that the
wireless VPN firewall is running, from the main menu, select Monitoring. The Router Status
screen displays, showing the firmware version in the System Info section of the screen. After
you have updated the firmware, the new firmware version is displayed.
 To download a firmware version and upgrade the firmware:
1. Go to th
e NETGEAR website at http://support.netgear.com.
2. Navigat
e to the FVS318N support page, and click the Downloads tab.
3. Click the desired firmware version to rea
ch the download page. Be sure to read the release
notes on the download page before upgrading the wireless VPN firewall’s software.
4. On th
e Settings Backup and Firmware Upgrade screen of the wireless VPN firewall (see the
previous figure), in the Router Upgrade section, click Browse.
5. Locate and select the
downloaded firmware file.
6. Click Upl
oad. The upgrade process starts.
During the upgrade process, the Settings Backup and Firmware Upgrade screen remains
visible and
a status bar shows the progress of the upgrade process. The upgrade
process can take up to 10 minutes. When the status bar shows that the upgrade process
is complete, it can take another 10 minutes before the wireless VPN firewall reboots.