NETGEAR FVX538 manual

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    August 2006 202-10062-04 v1.0 NETGEAR , Inc. 4500 Great America Parkway Santa Clara, CA 95054 USA ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual[...]

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    ii 1.0, August 2006 © 2006 by NETGEAR, Inc. All rights reserved. T rademarks NETGEAR and the NETGEAR l ogo are registered trademarks and ProSaf e is a trademark of NETGEAR, Inc. Microsoft, W indows, and W indow s NT are registered trademar ks of Microsoft Corporation. Other brand and product names are registered tradem arks or trademarks o f their[...]

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    1.0, August 2006 iii Federal Of fice for T elecommuni cations Approvals has been notified of the placing of this equipment on the market and has been granted the right to test the series for complianc e with the regul at ions. V olunt ary Control Council for Interfere nce (VCCI) St atement This equipment is in the second category (information equip[...]

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    1.0, August 2006 iv Open SSL Copyright (c) 1998-2000 The OpenSSL Project. All rights reserved. Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or withou t modification, are permitte d provided that the follo wing conditions * are met: 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright n otice, this list of condi tions and the[...]

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    1.0, August 2006 v MD5 Copyright (C) 1990, RSA Data Se curity , Inc. All rights reserved. License to copy and u se this software is granted provided that it is id entified as the "RSA Data Security , Inc. MD5 Message-Digest Algori thm" in all material mentioning or referencing this software or this function. License is also gr anted to ma[...]

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    1.0, August 2006 vi Product and Publication Det ails Model Number: FVX538 Publication Date: August 2006 Product Family: VPN Firewall Product Name: ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 Home or Business Prod uc t: Business Language: Engl ish Publication Part Number: 202-10062-04 Publication V ersion Number 1.0[...]

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    vii v1.0, August 2006 Content s About This Manual Conventions, Formats and Scope ................ ................ ................ ................ ................ ... xiii How to Use This Manual ..................... ................ ................ ............. ................ ................ xiv How to Print this Manual .............. ....[...]

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    viii v1.0, August 2006 Programming the T raffic Meter (if Desired) ..... ............. ................ ............. ............... 2-7 Configuring the W AN Mode (Required for Dual W AN) . ............. ... ... ... .... ............ .... ... ... 2-10 Setting Up Auto-Rollover Mode .... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ....... ...... ... ......[...]

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    ix v1.0, August 2006 Inbound Rules Examples ... .................... ...... ...... ................. ............. ............ .......... 4-16 LAN W AN Inbound Rule: Hosting A Local P ublic Web Server .................. ...... 4-16 LAN W AN Inbound Rule: Allowing Videocon fe rence from Restricted Addresses 4-17 LAN W AN or DMZ W AN Inbound Rule: S[...]

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    x v1.0, August 2006 Configuring the VPN Client ............. ............. ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... ............. 5-22 T e sting the Connection . ................ ............. ................ ............. ................ ............. ... 5-26 Certificate Authorities ..... .... ............. ............. .....[...]

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    xi v1.0, August 2006 Router Upgrade ..................... ............. ................ ................ ............. ................ 6-15 Setting the T ime Zone ..................... ... .... ............ .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ............ .... ... ... 6-16 Monitoring the Router ..... .... ... ... ... .... ... ... ... .... ... [...]

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    xii v1.0, August 2006 Internet Configuration Requir ements .............. ............. ................ ............. .............. C-3 Where Do I Get the Internet Configuration Parameters? .... ................ ................... . C-4 Internet Connection Informat ion Form ............... ................. ............. ................ .......[...]

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    xiii v1.0, August 2006 About This Manual The NETGEAR ® Pr oSafe™ VPN Fir ewall 200 describes how to install, configure and troubleshoot the ProSafe VPN Firewall 200. The info rmation in this manual is intended for readers with intermediate comput er and Internet skills. Conventions, Format s and Scope The conventions, formats, and scope of this [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al xiv v1.0, August 2006 • Scope. This manual is written for the VPN fir ewall according to the follo wing specifications: For more information about networ k, Internet, firewall, and VPN technologies, see the links to the NETGEAR website in Appendix B, “Related Documents .” How to Use This Manua[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual xv v1.0, August 2006 • Click the PDF of This Chapter link at the top left of any page in the chapter you want to print. The PDF version of the chapter you were viewing opens in a bro wser window . • Click the print icon in the upper left of your browser window . – Printing a PDF version of the [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al xvi v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    Introduction 1-1 v1.0, August 2006 Chapter 1 Introduction The ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 with eight 10/100 ports and one 1/100/1000 port co nnects your local area network (LAN) to the In ternet through an external access device such as a cable mo dem or DSL modem. The FVX538 is a complete se curity solution that protects your network from attacks and[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 1-2 Introduction v1.0, August 2006 • Login capability . • Front panel LEDs for easy monito ring of status and activity . • Flash memory for firmware upgrade. • One U Rack mountable. Dual W AN Ports for Increased Re li ability or Outbound Load Balancing The FVX538 has two broadban d W AN port[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Introduction 1-3 v1.0, August 2006 • Keyword Filtering. W ith its URL keyword filtering feature, the FVX538 prevents objectionable content from reaching your PCs. The firewall allows you to control access to Internet content by screening for keywords within W eb addresses. Y ou can configure the fi[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 1-4 Introduction v1.0, August 2006 • IP Address Sharing by NA T . The VPN firewall allows several networked PCs to share an Internet account using only a single IP addr ess, which may be statically or dynamically assigned by your Internet service pro vider (ISP). This technique, kn own as NA T , a[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Introduction 1-5 v1.0, August 2006 • Browser -Based Management. Browser-based configuration a llows you to easily configure your firewall from almost any t ype of personal comput er , such as W indows, Macintosh, or Linux. A user-friendly Setup W izard is provide d and online help documen tation is[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 1-6 Introduction v1.0, August 2006 • 19-inch rack mounting ha rdware and rubber feet. • Category 5 (Cat5) Ethernet cable. • Installation Guide, FVX538 Pr oSafe VPN Fir ewall 200 • Resour ce CD , including: – Application Notes and ot her helpful information. – ProSafe VPN Client Softwa re[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Introduction 1-7 v1.0, August 2006 3. W AN Ports and LEDs T wo RJ-4 5 W AN ports N-way automatic speed negoti ation, Auto MDI/MDIX. Link/Act LED On (Green) Blinking (Green) Off The WA N port has de te cted a link with a conne cted Ethernet device. Data is being transmitted or received by the W AN por[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 1-8 Introduction v1.0, August 2006 Router Rear Panel The rear panel of the ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 ( Figure 1-2 ) contains the On/Off switch and AC power connection. V iewed from left to right, the rear panel contains the following elements: 1. AC power in 2. On/Off switch 6. Cons ole Port DB9 male[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Introduction 1-9 v1.0, August 2006 Rack Mounting Hardware The FVX538 can be mounted either on a desktop (using included rubber feet) or in a 19-inch rack (using the included rack moun ting hardware illustrated in Figure 1-3 ). The Router’ s IP Address, Login Name, and Password Check the label on th[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 1-10 Introduction v1.0, August 2006 Default Log In Settings T o log in to the FVX5 38 once it is connected: 1. Open a W eb brows e r . 2. Enter http://192.168.1 .1 as the URL. 3. Once the login screen displays ( Figure 1-5 ), enter the foll owing information: • admin for User Name • pa s s w o r[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Introduction 1-11 v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 1-12 Introduction v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    Connecting the FVX5 38 to the Internet 2-1 v1.0, August 2006 Chapter 2 Connecting the FVX538 to the Internet T ypically , six steps are required to complete th e basic connection of your firewall. Setting up VPN tunnels are covered in Chapter 5, “V irtual Private Networking .” 1. Connect the fir ewall physi cally to your network . Connect the c[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 2-2 Connecting the FVX538 to the Internet v1.0, August 2006 2. When prompted, en ter admin for the firewall user name and password for the firewall password, both in lower case letters. (The firewa ll user name and password are not the same as any user name or password you may use to log in to your [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Connecting the FVX5 3 8 to the Internet 2-3 v1.0, August 2006 2. Click Auto Detect at the bottom of the screen to automatic ally detect the type of Internet connection provided by your IS P . Auto Detect will probe for different connection methods and suggest one that your ISP will most likely su pp [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 2-4 Connecting the FVX538 to the Internet v1.0, August 2006 If Auto Detect does not find a connection, you will be prompted to check the physical connection between your firewall and the cable or DSL line or to ch eck your Router ’ s MAC address (see “Setting the Router ’ s MAC Address” on p[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Connecting the FVX5 3 8 to the Internet 2-5 v1.0, August 2006 The configure the WA N 2 I S P settings: 1. Repeat the above steps to set up the paramete rs for W AN2 ISP . S tart by selecting the W AN2 ISP Settings tab. Next click Auto Detect on the W AN2 ISP Settings screen and then confirm the conne[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 2-6 Connecting the FVX538 to the Internet v1.0, August 2006 – Account Name (also known as Host Name or Syst em Name): Enter the valid account name for the PP TP connection (usually your e mail “ID” assigned by your ISP). Some ISPs require entering your full email address here. – Domain Name [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Connecting the FVX5 3 8 to the Internet 2-7 v1.0, August 2006 4. If your ISP has not assigned any Domain Name Servers (DNS) addresses, select the Get dynamically from ISP radio box. If your ISP has a ssigned DNS addresses, select the Use these DNS Servers radio box. Ensure that you fill in valid DNS [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 2-8 Connecting the FVX538 to the Internet v1.0, August 2006 2. Click Apply to apply the settings. Click Reset to return to the previous settings. 3. Select the W AN2 T raffic Meter tab and repeat steps 1 through 3 to set the T raffic Meter the the W AN2 port. Figure 2-3[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Connecting the FVX5 3 8 to the Internet 2-9 v1.0, August 2006 T able 2-2. T raffic Meter Sett ings Parameter Description Enable T raffic Meter Check this if you wish to record the volume of Internet traffic passing through the Router's W AN1 or W A N2 po rt. W AN1 or W AN2 can be selected by cli[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 2-10 Connecting the FVX538 to the Intern et v1.0, August 2006 Configuring the W AN Mode (Required for Dual W AN) The dual W AN ports of the ProSafe VPN Firewall 20 0 can be configured on a mutually exclusive basis for either auto-rollover (fo r increased system reliability) or load balancing (for ma[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Connecting th e FVX53 8 to the In te rn et 2-11 v1.0, August 2006 If your ISP has allocated many IP addresses to you, and you have assigned one of these addresses to each PC, you can choose Classical Rou ting. Or , you can use Classical Routing for routing private IP addresses with in a campus enviro[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 2-12 Connecting the FVX538 to the Intern et v1.0, August 2006 • Ping to this IP addr ess – Enter a public IP address that will not reject the Ping request or will not consider the traf fic abuse. Querie s are sent to this server through the W AN interface being monitored. 5. Enter a T est Period[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Connecting th e FVX53 8 to the In te rn et 2-13 v1.0, August 2006 Setting Up Load Balancing T o use multiple ISP links simultane ously , select Load Balancing. In Load Balancing mode, both links will carry data for the protocols that are boun d to them. For example, if the HTTP protocol is bound to W[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 2-14 Connecting the FVX538 to the Intern et v1.0, August 2006 a. Service – From the pull-down m enu , select the de sired Services or applications to be covered by this rule. If the desired service or application does not app ear in the list, you must define it using the Services menu (see “Serv[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Connecting th e FVX53 8 to the In te rn et 2-15 v1.0, August 2006 3. Modify the parameters for th e protocol binding service you selected . 4. Click Apply . The modified rule will be enabled and appear in the Protocol Binding table. 5. Click Reset to return to the previo usly configured settings. Con[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 2-16 Connecting the FVX538 to the Intern et v1.0, August 2006 are provided for your convenience on the Dynamic DNS Configuration screen.) The VPN firewall firmware includes software that notifies dynamic DNS servers of changes in the W AN IP address, so that the services running on this network can [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Connecting th e FVX53 8 to the In te rn et 2-17 v1.0, August 2006 2. Check the Dynamic DNS Service radio box you wa nt to enable. The fields corresponding to the selection you have chosen w ill be highlighted. Each DNS service provider requires its own parameters. 3. Access the W eb site of one of th[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 2-18 Connecting the FVX538 to the Intern et v1.0, August 2006 d. If your dynamic DNS provider allows the use of wild cards in resolving your URL, you may check the Use wildcards radio box to activate this feature. For example, the wildcard feature will cause *.yourhost.dyndns.org to be aliased to th[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Connecting th e FVX53 8 to the In te rn et 2-19 v1.0, August 2006 • MTU Size – The normal MTU (Max imum T ransmit Unit) value for most Ethernet networks is 1500 Bytes, or 1492 Bytes for PPPoE connections. For so me ISPs you may have to reduce the MTU. But this is rarely required, and should not b[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 2-20 Connecting the FVX538 to the Intern et v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    LAN Configuration 3-1 v1.0, August 2006 Chapter 3 LAN Configuration This chapter describes how to configure the advan ced LAN features of your ProSafe VPN Firewall 200. These features can be found by selecting Network Configuratio n from the p rimary menu an d LAN Setup from the submenu of the browser interface. Using the Firewall as a DHCP server [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 3-2 LAN Configuration v1.0, August 2006 Configuring the LAN Setup Options The LAN IP Setup menu allows configur ation o f LAN IP se rvices such as DHCP and allows you to configure a secondary or “multi-home” LAN IP setup in the LAN. The default values are suitable for most users and situations. [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual LAN Configuration 3-3 v1.0, August 2006 4. Check the Enable DHCP Server radio button. By default, the router will function as a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) serv er , providing TCP/IP configuration for all computers connected to the router 's LAN. If another device on your network [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 3-4 LAN Configuration v1.0, August 2006 6. Click Reset to discard any changes and revert to the previous configuration. Configuring Multi Home LAN IPs If you have computers o n you r LAN u si ng dif ferent IP address ranges (for example, 17 2. 16. 2.0 o r 10.0.0.0), then you can add “alia ses” t[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual LAN Configuration 3-5 v1.0, August 2006 . T o make changes to the selected entry: 1. Click Edit in the Action column adjacent to the selected entry . The Edit Secondary LAN IP Setup screen will display . 2. Modify the IP Addr ess and Subnet Mask fields and click Apply . Figure 3-2 Note: Additional IP[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 3-6 LAN Configuration v1.0, August 2006 3. Click Reset to discard any changes and reve rt to the previous settings. Managing Group s and Hosts (LAN Group s) The Known PCs and Devices table on th e Groups and Hosts screen contains a list of all known PCs and network devices, as well as hosts, that ar[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual LAN Configuration 3-7 v1.0, August 2006 – Y ou can assign PCs to Groups and apply rest rictions to each Group using the Firewall Rules screen (see “Using Rules to Block or Allow Spec ific Kinds of T raffic” on page 4-1 ). – Y ou can also select the Groups to be covered by the Block Sites feat[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 3-8 LAN Configuration v1.0, August 2006 4. Enter the IP Address that this comput er or device is assigned in the IP Address field. If the IP Address T ype is Reserved (DHCP Client), th e router will reserve the IP address for the associated MAC address. 5. Enter the MAC Address of the comp uter ’ [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual LAN Configuration 3-9 v1.0, August 2006 4. Click Apply to save your new settings. The modi fied record wil l appear in the Know PCs and Devices table. T o edit the names of any of the eight available groups: 1. Click Edit Gr oup Names at the upper right of the Gr oup s and Hosts screen. The Network D[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 3-10 LAN Configuration v1.0, August 2006 T o reserve an IP address, use the Groups and Hosts screen under the Network Configu ration menu , LAN Groups submenu (see “Creating the Network Database” on page 3-6 ). Configuring and Enabling the DMZ Port The De-Militarized Zone (DMZ) is a network wh i[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual LAN Configuration 3-11 v1.0, August 2006 4. If desired, Enable the DHCP Server (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol), which will provide TCP/IP configuration for all computers connecte d to the router ’ s DMZ network. Then configure the following items: a. S tarting IP Address – This box specifie[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 3-12 LAN Configuration v1.0, August 2006 S t atic Routes Stat ic Routes provide additional routing info rmation to your firewall. Under normal circumstances, the firewall has adequate routing info rmation after it has be en configured for Internet access, and you do not ne ed to configure additional[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual LAN Configuration 3-13 v1.0, August 2006 4. Select Active to make this route ef fective. 5. Select Private if you want to limit access to the LAN only . The static route will not be advertised in RIP . 6. Enter the Destination IP Address to the host or network to which the route leads. 7. Enter the I[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 3-14 LAN Configuration v1.0, August 2006 • Out Only – The router broadcasts its routing ta ble periodically but does not accept RIP information from other routers. • In Only – The router accepts RIP information fro m other routers, but does not broadcast its routing table. 3. From the RIP V [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual LAN Configuration 3-15 v1.0, August 2006 4. Authentication for RIP2B/2M requir ed? If you selected RIP-2B or RIP-2M, check the YES radio box to enable the feature, and input the First K ey Parameters and Second Key Parameters MD-5 keys to authenti cate between routers. 5. Click Reset to discard any c[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 3-16 LAN Configuration v1.0, August 2006 will not be allowed web access unless they have the T rend Micro OfficeScan client installed and updated with the latest virus definitions. T o enable T rend Micro: 1. Select Security from the main menu and T rend Micr o from the submenu. The Tr end Micro scr[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual LAN Configuration 3-17 v1.0, August 2006 3. Click Apply to submit yo ur changes. Note: The Office Scan Server must also appear in the exclusion list! Note: Follow the instructions in the T rend Micro documentation to complete the installation and configuration of the T rend Micro OfficeScan Server .[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 3-18 LAN Configuration v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    Firewall Protection and Conten t Filtering 4-1 v1.0, August 2006 Chapter 4 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering This chapter describes how to use the content filtering features of the ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 to protect your network. These features can be found by selecting Security from the main menu and selecting Block Sites from the submenu[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-2 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 A firewall has two default rules, one for inbound traf fic and one for outbound. The default rules of the FVX538 are: • Inbound : Block all access from outside except re sponses to requests from the LAN side. • Outbound : Allow all [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4- 3 v1.0, August 2006 T able 4-1. Outbound Rules Item Description Service Name Select the desired Service or applicat ion to be covered by this rule. If the desire d service or application does not appear in the list, you must define it using the Services me[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-4 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 Inbound Rules (Port Forwarding) Because the FVX538 uses Netw ork Address T ranslation (NA T), your network presents only one IP address to the Internet an d outsid e users cannot directly address any of your local computers. However , b[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4- 5 v1.0, August 2006 T able 4-2. Inbound Rules Item Description Services Select the desired Service or appli c ati on to be covered by this rule. If the desired service or application does not appear in the list, you must define it using the Services menu ([...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-6 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 Remember that allowing inbound services opens holes in your VPN firewall. Only enable those ports that are necessary fo r your network. It is also advisable to turn on the server application security and invoke the user password or priv[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4- 7 v1.0, August 2006 Order of Precedence for Rules As you define new rules, they are added to the tabl es in the Rules menu as the last item in the list, as shown in Figure 4-1 : For any traffic attempting to pass through the fire wall, the packet informa t[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-8 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 2. Change the Default Outbound Policy b y selecting Block Always from the drop-d own menu and click Apply .. T o make changes to an existing outbou nd or inbound service rule: 1. In the Action column adjacent to the rule click: • Edit[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4- 9 v1.0, August 2006 LAN W AN Outbound Services Rules Y ou may define rules that will spec ify exceptions to the default rules. By adding custom rules, you can block or allow access based on the service or application, source or destination IP addresses, an[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-10 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 LAN W AN Inbound Services Rules This Inbound Services Rules tabl e lists all existing rules for in bound traf fic. If you have not defined any rules, no rules will be listed. By default, all inbound tr af fic is blocked. Remember that [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -11 v1.0, August 2006 out from the DMZ to the Internet (Outbound) or coming in from the Internet to the DMZ (Inbound). The default outbound policy can be changed to block all outbound traf fic and enable only specific services to pass through the router by [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-12 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 T o change the Default Outbound Policy: 1. Select Security from the main menu, Firewall Rules from the submenu and then select the DMZ W AN Rules tab. The DMZ W AN Rules screen wi ll display . 2. Click Add under the Outbound Services t[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -13 v1.0, August 2006 T o make changes to an existing outbou nd or inbound LAN DMZ service ru le: 1. In the Action column adjacent to the rule click: • Edit – to make any changes to the rule defi nition. The Outbound Servi ce screen will display contain[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-14 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 2. Complete the Outboun d Service screen, and save the data (see “Outbound Rules (Service Blocking)” on page 4-2 ). 3. Click Reset to cancel your settings and retu rn to the previous settings. 4. Click Apply to save your changes an[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -15 v1.0, August 2006 • LAN Security Ch ecks. A UDP flood is a form of denial of service attack that can be initiated when one machine sends a large nu mber of UDP packets to random ports on a remote host. As a result, the distant host will (1) check for [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-16 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 3. Click Apply to save your settings. Inbound Rules Examples LAN W AN Inbound Rule: Hosting A Local Public W eb Server If you host a public W eb server on your local network, you can define a rule to allow inbou nd W eb (HTTP) requests[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -17 v1.0, August 2006 LAN W AN Inbound Rule: Allowing Vid eoconference from Restricted Addresses If you want to allow incoming vi deoconferencing to be initiated from a restricted range of outside IP addresses, such as from a branch office, you ca n create [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-18 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 • W eb server PC on the firewall’ s LAN – LAN IP address: 192.168.1.2 – DMZ IP Address: 192.168.10.2 – Access to W eb server is (simulated) public IP address: 10.1.0.52 T o configure the FVX538 fo r additional IP addresses: 1[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -19 v1.0, August 2006 6. In the Send to LAN Server field, enter th e local IP address of your W eb server PC. 7. From the Public Destination IP Address pull down menu, choose Other Public IP Address. 8. Enter one of your public Internet addresses that will [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-20 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 2. Place the rule below a ll other inbound rules. Outbound Rules Example Outbound rules let you prev ent users from using applications such as Instant Messenger , Real Audio or other non-essential sites. LAN W AN Outbound Rule: Blockin[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -21 v1.0, August 2006 Adding Customized Services Services are functions performed by server computer s at the request of clie nt computers . Y o u ca n configure up to 125 custom services. For example, W eb servers serve W eb pages, time servers serve time [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-22 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 T o add a customized service: 1. Select Security from the main menu and Services from the submenu. The Services screen will display . 2. In the Add Custom Service table, enter a descriptive name for the service (this is for your conven[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -23 v1.0, August 2006 T o edit the parameters of a service: 1. In the Custom Services T able, click the Edit icon adjacent to the serv ice you want to edit. The Edit Service screen will display . 2. Modify the parameters you wish to change. 3. Click Reset t[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-24 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 Setting a Schedule to Block or Allow S pecific T raffic If you enabled Content Filtering in the Block Sites menu, or if you defined an outbound or inbound rule to use a schedule, you can set up a schedu le for when blocking occurs or w[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -25 v1.0, August 2006 Setting Block Sites (Content Filtering) If you want to restrict internal LAN users from a ccess to certain sites on the Internet, you can use the VPN firewall’ s Content Filtering and W eb Compon ents filtering. By default, these fea[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-26 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 5. Build your list of block ed Keywor ds or Domain Names in the Blocked Keyword fields. After each entry , click Add. T he Keyword or Domain name will be added to the Blocked Keywords table. (Y ou ca n also edit an entry by clicking Ed[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -27 v1.0, August 2006 Enabling Source MAC Filtering Source MAC Filter allows you to filter out tr af fic coming from certain known machines or devices. • By default, the source MAC address filter is disabled. All the traf fic received from PCs with any MA[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-28 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 3. Build your list of Source MAC Addresses to be block by entering the first MAC a ddress in the MAC Address field in the form xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx wh ere x is a numeric (0 to 9) or an alphabet between and a and f (inclusi ve), for exampl[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -29 v1.0, August 2006 • After a PC has finished using a Port T riggering application, there is a T ime-out period before the application can be used by anothe r PC. This is required because this Router cannot be sure when the application has terminated. T[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-30 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 3. From the Protocol pull-down menu, select either TCP or UDP protocol. 4. In the Outgoing (T rigger) Port Range fields: a. Enter the St a r t P o r t range (1 - 65534). b. Enter the End Port range (1 - 65534). 5. In the Incoming (Resp[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -31 v1.0, August 2006 6. Click Add. The Port T riggering Rule will be added to the Port T riggering Rules table. T o edit or modify a rule: 1. Click Ed it in the Action column opposite th e rule you wish to edit. The Edit Port T riggering Rule screen will d[...]

  • Page 98

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-32 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 Y ou must have e-mail notification enable d to recei ve the logs in an e-mail message. If you don't have e-mail notification enabled, you can view the logs on the Logs screen (see Figure 4-22 on page 4-34 ). Selecting all events w[...]

  • Page 99

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -33 v1.0, August 2006 3. Enter a Schedule for sending the logs. From the Unit pull-down menu, select: Never , Hourly , Daily , or W eekly . Then fill in the Day and T ime fields that correspond to your selection. 4. In the Security Logs section, check the n[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-34 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006 T o view the Firewall logs: 1. Click on the Vi ew L o g icon opposite the Fir ewall Logs & E-mail tab. The Logs screen will display . 2. If the E-mail Logs options as been enabled, you can send a copy of the log by clicking send lo[...]

  • Page 101

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Firewall Protection and Content Filtering 4 -35 v1.0, August 2006 Administrator Tip s Consider the following operational items: 1. As an option, you can en able remote manageme nt if you have to manage distant sites from a central location (see “Enabling Remote Manage ment Access” on page 6 -10 )[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 4-36 Firewall Protection and Content Filtering v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    Virtual Private Networking 5-1 v1.0, August 2006 Chapter 5 V irtual Private Networking This chapter describes how to use the virtual private networking (VPN) features of the VPN firewall. VPN tunnels provide secure, encrypted communications between your local network an d a remote network or computer . Dual W AN Port Systems The dual W AN ports in [...]

  • Page 104

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-2 Virtual Private Networking v1.0, August 2006 Figure 5-1 shows the W AN Mode setup screen for Auto-Rollover Mo de using W AN port 1. It also shows the Protocol Bindings screen that displays if Load Ba lancing is selected. (When Load Balancing is selected, no W AN Failur e Detection Method fields [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Networking 5-3 v1.0, August 2006 • Mandatory when the W AN ports are in load ba lancing mode and the IP addresses are dynamic ( Figure 5 -3 on page 5-3 ) • Optional when the W AN ports are in loa d ba lancing mode if the IP addresses are static ( Figure 5 -3 on page 5-3 ) See “C[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-4 Virtual Private Networking v1.0, August 2006 determine the IPSec keys and VPN policies it set s up. It also will set the parameters for the network connection: Security Association, tr af fic selectors, authentic ation algorithm, and encryption. The parameters used by the VPN wizard are based on[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Networking 5-5 v1.0, August 2006 7. Enter the Remote LAN IP Address and Subnet Mask of the remote gateway . The information entered here mu st match the Local LAN IP and Subnet Mask of the remote gateway; otherwise the secure tunnel will fail to connect.The IP address range used on th[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-6 Virtual Private Networking v1.0, August 2006 Y ou can also view the status of your IKE Polic ies by clicking the IKE Policies tab. The IKE Policies screen will di splay . Then view or edit the parameters of the “Of fsite” policy by clicking Edit in the Action column adjacent to the policy . [...]

  • Page 109

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Networking 5-7 v1.0, August 2006 Creating a VPN T unnel Co nnection to a VPN Client Y ou can set up multiple Gateway VPN tunnel po licies through the VPN W i zard. Multiple remote VPN Client policies can also be set up through th e VPN W izard by changing the default End Point Informa[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-8 Virtual Private Networking v1.0, August 2006 3. Select a Connection Name . Enter an appropriate name for th e connection. This name is not supplied to the remote VPN Endpoint. It is used to help you manage th e VPN settings. 4. Enter a Pre-shar ed Key . The key mu st be entered both here and on [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Networking 5-9 v1.0, August 2006 8. Click Apply . The VPN Policies screen will display showing that the Client policy “home” has been added and enabled. Click Edit in the Action column adjacent to the “home” policy to view the “home” policy parameters. It should not be nec[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-10 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 . VPN T unnel Policies When you use the VPN W izard to set up a VPN t unnel, both a VPN Policy and an IKE Policy are established and populated in both Policy T ables. The name you selected as the VPN T unnel connection name during W izard setup iden[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-11 v1.0, August 2006 • “Manual” generated VPN p olicie s cannot use the IKE negotiation pro tocol. Managing IKE Policies IKE Policies are activated when: 1. The VPN Policy Selector dete rmines that some traf fic matche s an existing VPN Policy . If the VPN policy i[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-12 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 • Remote ID . The IKE/ISAKMP identify of the remote VPN Gateway . (The remote VPN must have this value as their “Local ID”.) • Encr . Encryption Algorithm used for the IKE SA. The default setting using the VPN W izard is 3DES. (This setting [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-13 v1.0, August 2006 3. The VPN tunnel is created according to the parameters in the S A (Security Association). 4. The remote VPN Endpoint must have a matc hing SA, or it will refuse the connection. VPN Policy T able Only one Client Policy may configured at a time (note[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-14 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 • Tx (KBytes) . The amount of data tr ansmitted over this SA. • Tx (Packets). The number of packets transmitted over this SA. • St a t e . The current state of the SA. Phase 1 is “Authentication phase ” and Phase 2 is “Key Exchange phase[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-15 v1.0, August 2006 6. Select the local W AN interface to bind this connec tion to the W AN port for the VPN tunnel. 7. Enter the W AN IP address of the remote FVS3 38 and then enter the W AN IP address of the local FVX538. (Both local and remo te ends must define the a[...]

  • Page 118

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-16 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 T o view the VP N Policy parameters: 1. Click Edit in the Action column adjacent to the “to_fvs” policy . The Edit VPN Polic y screen will display . (It should not be necessary to make any changes. 2. V iew the IKE Policy statistics as soci ated[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-17 v1.0, August 2006 T o view the IKE Policy Configu rati on parameters: 1. Select the IKE Policies tab. The IKE Policies table will display . Figure 5-12[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-18 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 2. Select “to_FVS” and click Edit . It should not be necessary to make any changes) Figure 5-13 Note: When XAUTH i s enabled as a n Edge Device, in coming VPN connections ar e authenticated against the FV X538 User Database first; then, if confi[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-19 v1.0, August 2006 Configuring the FVS338 T o configure the FVS338 VPN W iza rd: 1. Select VPN from the main menu and VPN W i z ard from the submenu. The VPN Wizard screen will display . 2. Check the Gateway radio box for the type of VPN tunnel connectio n. 3. Give the[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-20 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 8. Click Apply to create the “to_fvx” IKE and VPN policies. The VPN Policies screen will display . T esting the Connection T o test the VPN gateway tunnel: 1. From a PC on either LAN firewall, try to pi ng a PC on the LAN of the other firewall. [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-21 v1.0, August 2006 5. Check either the W AN1 or W AN 2 radio box to select the W AN interface tunnel. 6. Enter he remote W AN’ s IP Address or Intern et Name and then enter the local W AN’ s IP Address or Internet Name. In this example, we are using their FQDNs. (B[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-22 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 Configuring the VPN Client From a PC with the Netgear Prosafe VPN Client in stalled, you can configure a VPN client policy to connect to the FVX538. T o configure your VPN client: 1. Right-click on the VPN client icon in your W indows toolbar and se[...]

  • Page 125

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-23 v1.0, August 2006 . 7. In the left frame, click My Identity . 8. From the Select Certificate pull-down menu, select None . 9. From the ID T ype pull-down menu, select Domain Name. The value entered under Domain Name will be of the form “< name >< XY >.fv[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-24 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 . 5. Before leaving the My Identity menu, click Pr e-Shared Key . 6. Click Enter Key and then enter your p reshared key , and click OK . This key will be shared by all users of the FVX538 policy “home”. 7. In the left frame, select Security Poli[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-25 v1.0, August 2006 8. For the Phase 1 Negotiation Mode , check the Aggressive Mode radio box. 9. PFS should be disabled, and Enable Replay Detection should be enabled. 10. In the left frame, expand Authentication (Phase 1) and select Prop osal 1 . The Proposal 1 fields[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-26 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 1 1. In the left frame, expand Key Exchange (Phase 2) and select Proposal 1 . The fields in this proposal should also mirror those in the following figure. No changes should be necessary . 12. In the upper left of th e win dow , c lick the disk icon[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-27 v1.0, August 2006 2. For additional status and troubleshooting info rma tion, right-click on the VPN client icon Logs and Connection Status sc reens in the FVX538. Certificate Authorities Digital Self Certificates are used to authenticate t he identity of us ers and s[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-28 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 The Active Self Certificates table shows the Cer tificates issued to you by the various CAs (Certification Authorities), and availa ble for use. For each Certificate, the following data is listed: • Name . The name you used to id entify this Certi[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-29 v1.0, August 2006 . • Domain Name – If you have a Domain name, you can enter it here. Oth erwise , you should leave this field blank. • E-mail Addr ess – Enter your e-mail address in this field. 4. Click Generate . A new certificate request is created and adde[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-30 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 6. Copy the contents of the Data to supply to CA text box into a file, in cluding all of the data contained in “----BEGIN CER TIFICA TE REQUEST ---” and “---END CER TIFICA TE REQUEST ---”Click Done. Y o u will return to the Certificate scree[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-31 v1.0, August 2006 • CA Identify – Th e offi cial name of the CA which issued this CRL. • Last Update – The date when this CRL was released. • Next Update – The date when the next CRL will be released. T o upload a Certificate Identify to the CRL: 1. From t[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-32 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 • IPSec Host. If you want authentication by the remo te gateway , enter a User Name and Password to be associated with this IKE policy . If this option is chosen, the remote gateway must specify the user name and password used for authenti cating [...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-33 v1.0, August 2006 – RADIUS–CHAP or RADIUS–P AP (depending on the authentication mode accepted by the RADIUS server) to add a RADIUS server . If RADIUS–P AP is selected, the router will first check in the User Database to see if the user cred entials are availa[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-34 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 User Dat abase Configuration The User Database screen is used to configure an d administer users when Extended Authentication is enabled as an Edge Device. Whet her or not you use an externa l RADIUS server , you may w ant some use rs to be auth ent[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-35 v1.0, August 2006 T o edit the user name or password: 1. Click Edit opposite the user ’ s name. The Edit User screen will display . 2. Make the required changes to the User Name or Password and click Apply to save your settings or Reset to cancel your changes and re[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-36 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 . 3. Enter the Primary RADIUS Server IP address . 4. Enter a Secr et Phrase . T ransactions between the client and the RADIUS server are authenticated using a shared secret phrase, so the same Secret Phrase mu st be configured on both client and ser[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-37 v1.0, August 2006 9. Click Reset to cancel any chan ges and revert to the previous settings. 10. Click Apply to save the settings. Manually Assigning IP Addresses to Remote Users (ModeConfig) T o simply the process of connecti ng remote VPN clients to the FVX538, the [...]

  • Page 140

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-38 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 Configuring the VPN Firewall T wo menus must be con figured—the Mode Config menu and the IKE Policies menu. T o configure the Mode Config menu: 1. From the main menu, select VPN , and then select Mode Config from the submenu. The Mode Config scree[...]

  • Page 141

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-39 v1.0, August 2006 T o configure an IKE Policy: 1. From the main menu, select VPN . The IKE Policies screen will display showing the curr ent policies in the List of IKE Policies Ta b l e . 2. Click Add to configure a new IKE Policy . The Add IKE Policy screen will dis[...]

  • Page 142

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-40 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 4. In the General section: a. Enter a description name in the Policy Name Field such as “salesperson”. This name will be used as part of the remote identif ier in the VPN client configuration. b. Set Direction/T ype to Responder . c. The Exchang[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-41 v1.0, August 2006 10. Click Apply . The new policy will appear in the IKE Policies T able (a sample policy is shown below) Configuring the ProSafe VP N Client for ModeConfig From a client PC running NETGEAR ProSafe VP N Client software, configure the remote VPN client[...]

  • Page 144

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-42 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 b. From the ID T ype pull-down menu, select IP Subnet. c. Enter the IP Subnet and Mask of the VPN firewall (this is the LAN network IP addre ss of the gateway). d. Check the Connect using radio button and sel ect Secure Gateway T unnel from the pull[...]

  • Page 145

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-43 v1.0, August 2006 d. Under V irtual Adapter pull-down menu, sel ect Preferred. The Internal Network IP Address should be 0.0 .0.0. e. Select your Internet Interface ad apter from the Name pull-down menu. 3. On the left-side of the menu, select Security Policy . a. Und[...]

  • Page 146

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-44 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006 5. Click on Key Exchange (Phase 2) on the left-sid e of the menu and select Proposal 1. Enter the values to match your configuration of the VPN firewall ModeConfig Record menu. (The SA Lifetime can be longer , such as 8 hours (28800 seconds)). 6. Cl[...]

  • Page 147

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Virtual Private Ne tworking 5-45 v1.0, August 2006 T o test the connection: 1. Right-click on the VPN client icon in th e W indows toolbar and select Connect. The connection policy you configured will appear; in this case “M y Connectionsm odecfg_test”. 2. Click on the connection. W ithin 30 sec[...]

  • Page 148

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 5-46 Virtual Private Ne tworking v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    Router and Network Ma nagement 6-1 v1.0, August 2006 Chapter 6 Router and Network Management This chapter describes how to use the network manag eme nt features of your ProSa f e VPN Firewall 200. These features can be found by clic king on the appropriate heading in the Main Menu of the browser interface. The ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 offers many t[...]

  • Page 150

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-2 Router and Network Man a gem en t v1.0, August 2006 Using the dual W AN ports in load balancing mo de increases the bandwidth capacity of the W AN side of the VPN firewall. But there is no backup in case one of the W AN ports fail. In such an event and with one exception, the traf fic that would[...]

  • Page 151

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-3 v1.0, August 2006 – Groups: The rule is ap plied t o a Group (see “Managing Groups and Hosts (LAN Groups)” on page 3-6 to assign PCs to a Group using Network Database). • W AN Users – These settings determine whic h Internet locations are co vered by the r[...]

  • Page 152

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-4 Router and Network Man a gem en t v1.0, August 2006 Schedule. If you have set firewall rules on the Rules screen, you can configure three different schedules (i.e., schedule 1, schedule 2, and schedule 3) fo r when a rule is to be applied. Once a schedule is configured, it affects a ll Rules tha[...]

  • Page 153

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-5 v1.0, August 2006 VPN Firewall Features That Increase T raffic Features that tend to inc rease WAN-side loading are as follows: • Port forwarding • Port triggering • DMZ port • Exposed hos ts •V P N t u n n e l s Port Forwarding The firewall always blocks [...]

  • Page 154

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-6 Router and Network Man a gem en t v1.0, August 2006 • Enable DNS Proxy – Enable thi s to allow incoming DNS queries. • Enable S tealth Mode – Enable this to set the fire wall to operate in stealth mode. As you define your firewall r ules, you can furt her refine their applic ation accord[...]

  • Page 155

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-7 v1.0, August 2006 • The remote system receives the PCs request and responds using the different po rt numbers that you have now op ened. • This Router matches the respons e to the previous request and forwards the response to the PC. W ithout Port T riggering, t[...]

  • Page 156

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-8 Router and Network Man a gem en t v1.0, August 2006 The QoS priority settings conform to the IEEE 802 .1D-1998 (formerly 802.1p) standard for class of service tag. Y ou will not change the W AN bandwidth used by changing any QoS prior ity settings. But you will change the mix of traffic through [...]

  • Page 157

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-9 v1.0, August 2006 6. Click Apply to save this setting.. Note: If you make the administrato r login time-out value too large, you will have to wait a long time before you are able to log back into th e router if your previo us login was disrupted (i.e., you did not c[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-10 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006 Enabling Remote Management Access Using the Remote Manage ment page, you can allow an administrator on the In ternet to configure, upgrade, and check the statu s of your VPN firewa ll. Y ou must be logged in locally to enable remote management (s[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-11 v1.0, August 2006 b. T o allow access from a range of IP addresses on the Internet, select IP address range. Enter a beginning and end ing IP address to define the allo wed range. c. T o allow access from a single IP address on the Internet, select Only this PC. En[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-12 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006 The SNMP Configuration table list s the SNMP configurations by: • IP Address : The IP address of the SNMP manager . • Port : The trap port of the configuration. • Community : The trap community stri ng of the configuration. T o create a new[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-13 v1.0, August 2006 The SNMP System Info link displays the VPN firewall identif ication information available to t he SNMP Manager: System Contact, Sy stem Lo cation, and S ystem name. T o modify the SNMP Syst em contact information: 1. Click the SNMP System Info lin[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-14 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006 • Upgrade the VPN firewall firmwa re from a saved file on your hard disk to use a dif ferent firmware version. Backup and Restore Settings T o backup and restore settings: 1. Select Administration from the main menu and Settings Backup & Up[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-15 v1.0, August 2006 Router Upgrade Y ou can install a different version of the VPN firewall firmware from the Settings Backup and Firmwar e Upgrade screen. T o view the current version of the firmware that yo ur VPN firewa ll is running, select Monitoring from the ma[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-16 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006 T o upgrade router software: 1. Select Administration from the main menu and Settings Backup and Firmwar e Upgrade from the submenu. The Settings Backup and Firmwar e Upgrade screen will display . 2. Click Br owse in the Router Upgrade section. 3[...]

  • Page 165

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-17 v1.0, August 2006 • Use Custom NTP Ser v ers : If you prefer to use a particular NTP server , enable this instead and enter the name or IP address of an NTP Server in the Server 1 Nam e/IP Address field. If required, you can also enter the address of another NTP [...]

  • Page 166

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-18 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006 • Internet T raffic S tatistics – Displays statistics on Internet Traf fic via the W AN port. If you have not enabled the T raffic Meter , these statistics are not available. • T raffic by Protocol – Click this button to display Inte rnet[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-19 v1.0, August 2006 Setting Login Failures and Att acks Notification Figure 6-8 shows the Firewall Logs & E-mail screen that is invoked by selecting Monitorin g from the main menu and selecting Firewall Logs & E-mail from the submenu. Y ou can send a System l[...]

  • Page 168

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-20 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006 Monitoring Att ached Devices The Gr oups and Hosts menu contains a table of all IP devices that the VPN firewall has discovered on the local network. Select Network Configuration from the main menu and LAN Groups from the submenu. The Gr oups and[...]

  • Page 169

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-21 v1.0, August 2006 . The network database is an au tomatically-maintained list of al l known PCs and netwo rk devices. PCs and devices become known by the following methods: • DHCP Client Reques ts – By default, the DHCP server in this Router is enabled, and wil[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-22 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006 V iewing Port T riggering St atus Y ou can view the status of Port Triggering by selecting Se curity from the main menu and Port T riggering from the submenu. When the Port T riggering screen display , click the St a t u s link. MAC Address The M[...]

  • Page 171

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-23 v1.0, August 2006 V iewing Router Configuration and System S tat us The Router S tatus screen provides status and usage information. Select Monitoring from the main menu and Router S tatus from the submenu. The Router S tatus screen will display . Figure 6-1 1 T ab[...]

  • Page 172

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-24 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006 Monitoring W AN Ports S t atus Y ou can monitor the status of both of th e W AN connections, the Dynamic DNS Serve r connections, and the DHCP Se rver connections. Select Network Configuration from the main menu and W A N Settings from the submen[...]

  • Page 173

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-25 v1.0, August 2006 . Monitoring VPN T unnel Connection S tatus Y ou can view the status of the VPN tunnels by selecting VPN from the main menu and Connection S tatus from the submenu. The IPSec Connection S tatus screen will display . Figure 6-12 Figure 6-13[...]

  • Page 174

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-26 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006 VPN Logs The VPN Logs screen gives log details for recent VPN activity . Select Monitoring from the main menu and VPN Logs from the submenu to view the VPN Logs . Y ou can refresh the log display to view the most recent entries, or clear th e log[...]

  • Page 175

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-27 v1.0, August 2006 DHCP Log Y ou can view the DHCP log from the LAN Setup screen. Select Network Configuration from the main menu and LAN Setup from the submenu. When the LAN Setup screen displays, click the DHCP Log link. Performing Diagnostics Y ou can perform dia[...]

  • Page 176

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-28 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006 Figure 6-16 T able 6-5. Diagnostics Item Description Ping or T race an IP address Ping – Used to send a ping packet request to a specified IP address—most often, to test a connection. If the request ti mes out (n o reply is received), it usua[...]

  • Page 177

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Router and Network Ma nagement 6-29 v1.0, August 2006 Display the Routing T able This operation will display the internal rout ing table. This information is use d, most often, by T echn ical Support. Reboot the Router Used to perform a remote reboot (re start). Y ou can use this if the Router seems [...]

  • Page 178

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 6-30 Router and Networ k Management v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    Troubleshooting 7-1 v1.0, August 2006 Chapter 7 T roubleshooting This chapter provides troubleshooting tips and information for your ProS afe VPN Firewall 200. After each problem description, instructions ar e provided to help you diagnose and solve the problem. Basic Functions After you turn on power to th e firewall, the following seque nce of ev[...]

  • Page 180

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 7-2 Troubleshooting v1.0, August 2006 LEDs Never T urn Off When the firewall is turned on, the LEDs turns on for about 10 sec onds and then turn off. If all the LEDs stay on, there is a fault within the firewall. If all LEDs are still on one minute after power up: • Cycle the power to see if the f[...]

  • Page 181

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Troubleshooting 7-3 v1.0, August 2006 • Make sure your PC’ s IP address is on the sam e subnet as the firewall. If you are using the recommended addressing sch eme, yo ur PC’ s address should be in the range of 192.168.0 .2 to 192.168.0. 254. • If your firewall’ s IP address ha s been chang[...]

  • Page 182

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 7-4 Troubleshooting v1.0, August 2006 T roubleshooting the ISP Connection If your firewall is unable to a ccess the Internet, you should first determine whether the firewall is able to obtain a W AN IP address from the ISP . Un less you have been assigned a static IP address, your firewall must requ[...]

  • Page 183

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Troubleshooting 7-5 v1.0, August 2006 – Configure your firewall to spoof your PC’ s MAC address. This can be do ne in the Basic Settings menu. Refer to “Manually Configuring Y our Internet Connection” on pag e 2-5 . If your firewall can obtain an IP addre ss, but your PC is unable to load any[...]

  • Page 184

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 7-6 Troubleshooting v1.0, August 2006 • W rong ph ysical connections – Make sure the LAN port LED is on. If the LED is of f, follow the instruct ions in “LAN or Internet Port LEDs Not On” on page 7-2 . – Check that the corresponding Link LEDs are o n for your network interface card and for[...]

  • Page 185

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Troubleshooting 7-7 v1.0, August 2006 Restoring the Default Co nfiguration and Password This section explains how to restore the fact ory default configuratio n settings, changing the firewall’ s administration password to password and the IP address to 192.168.1.1. Y ou can erase the current confi[...]

  • Page 186

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al 7-8 Troubleshooting v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    Default Settings and Technical Specifications A-1 v1.0, August 2006 Appendix A Default Settings and T echnical S pecifications Y ou can use the reset button located on the front of your device to reset all settings to their factory defaults. This is called a hard reset. • T o perform a hard reset, push and hold the reset button for approximately [...]

  • Page 188

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al A-2 Default Settings and Technical Specifications v1.0, August 2006 T echnical specifications for the ProSafe VPN Fi rewall 200 are listed in the following table. T ime Zone GMT T ime Zone Adj usted for Daylight Saving Ti m e Disabled SNMP Disabled Remote Manageme nt Disabled Firewall Inbound (commu[...]

  • Page 189

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Default Settings and Technical Specifications A-3 v1.0, August 2006 Environmental S pecifications Operating temperature: 0 ° to 40 ° C (32º to 104º F ) Operating humidity: 90% maximum relative humidi ty , noncondensing Electromagnetic Emissions Meets requirements of: FCC Part 15 Cla ss B VCCI Cla[...]

  • Page 190

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al A-4 Default Settings and Technical Specifications v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    Related Documents B-1 v1.0, August 2006 Appendix B Related Document s This appendix provides links to reference documents you c an use to gain a more comple te understanding of the technolog ies used in your NETGEAR prod uct. Document Link Internet Networki ng and TCP/IP Addressing: h ttp://documentation .netgear .com/r eference/enu/tcpip/index.htm[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al B-2 Related Documents v1.0, August 2006[...]

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    Network Planning for Dual WAN Port s C-1 v1.0, August 2006 Appendix C Network Planning for Dual W AN Port s This appendix describes the factor s to consider when plannin g a network using a firewall that h as dual W AN ports. What Y ou W ill Need to Do Before Y o u Begin The ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 is a powerful and vers atile soluti on for your n[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al C-2 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports v1.0, August 2006 – Y ou can also add your own service protocols to the list (see “Services -B ased Rules” on page 4-2 for information on how to do this). 3. Set up your accoun ts a. Have active Internet services such a s that provided by cable or DSL br[...]

  • Page 195

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Network Planning for Dual WAN Port s C-3 v1.0, August 2006 • There are a variety of W AN options you can choose when the factory default settings are not applicable to your inst allation. These include enabling a W AN port to respond to a ping and setting MTU size, port speed, and upload bandwidth.[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al C-4 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports v1.0, August 2006 • Fixed IP Address which is also known as S tatic IP Address Where Do I Get the Internet Configuration Parameters? There are several ways you can gather the required Internet connection information. • Y our ISPs provide all the inform ati[...]

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    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Network Planning for Dual WAN Port s C-5 v1.0, August 2006 Internet Connection Information Form Print this page. Fill in the configuration parameters from your Internet Service Provider (ISP). ISP Login Name: The login name and password are case sensitive and must be ente red exactly as given by your[...]

  • Page 198

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al C-6 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports v1.0, August 2006 Overview of the Planning Process The areas that require planning when using a firewall that has dual W AN ports include: • Inbound traffic (e.g., port forwar ding, port triggering, DMZ port) • V irtual private networks (VPNs) The two W AN[...]

  • Page 199

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Network Planning for Dual WAN Port s C-7 v1.0, August 2006 The Roll-over Case for Firewalls With Dual W AN Port s Rollover ( Figure C-2 ) for the dual W AN port case is differ ent from the single gateway W AN port case when specifying the IP address. Only one W A N port is active at a time and when i[...]

  • Page 200

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al C-8 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports v1.0, August 2006 Inbound T raffic Incoming traf fic from the Internet is normally discarded by the firewall unless the traffic is a response to one of your local computers or a servi ce that you have configured in the Inbound Ru les menu. Instead of discardin[...]

  • Page 201

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Network Planning for Dual WAN Port s C-9 v1.0, August 2006 Inbound T raffic: Dual W AN Ports for Imp roved Reliability In the dual W AN port case with rollover ( Figure C-5 ), the W AN’ s IP address will always change at rollover . A fully-qualified domain name must be u sed that toggles be tween t[...]

  • Page 202

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al C-10 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports v1.0, August 2006 V irtual Private Networks (VPNs) When implementing virtual private network (VPN) tunnels, a mechanis m must be used for determining the IP addresses of the tunnel end po ints. The addressing of the firewall’ s dual W A N port depends on th[...]

  • Page 203

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Network Planning for Dual WAN Port s C-11 v1.0, August 2006 • Load Balancing Case for Dual Gateway W AN Ports Load balancing ( Fig ure C-8 ) for the dual gateway W AN port case is the same as the single gateway W AN port case when specifying the IP ad dress of the VPN tunnel end point. Each IP addr[...]

  • Page 204

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al C-12 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports v1.0, August 2006 VPN Road W arrior: Single Gateway W AN Port (Reference Case) In the case of the single W AN port on the gatew ay VPN firewall ( Figure C-9 ), the remote PC client initiates the VPN tunnel because the IP address of th e remote PC client is no[...]

  • Page 205

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Network Planning for Dual WAN Port s C-13 v1.0, August 2006 The IP addresses of the gateway W AN ports can be either fixed or dynamic, but a fully-qualified domain name must always be use d because the ac tive W AN port could be either W AN1 or W AN2 (i.e., the IP address of the active W AN port is n[...]

  • Page 206

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al C-14 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports v1.0, August 2006 The IP addresses of the gateway W AN ports can be either fixed or dynamic. If an IP address is dynamic, a fully-qualified domain name m ust be used. If an IP address is fixed, a fully-qualified domain name is optional. VPN Gateway-to-Gateway[...]

  • Page 207

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Network Planning for Dual WAN Port s C-15 v1.0, August 2006 The IP address of the gateway W AN ports can be either fixed or dynamic. If an IP address is dynamic, a fully-qualified domain name m ust be used. If an IP address is fixed, a fully-qualified domain name is optional. VPN Gateway-to-Gateway: [...]

  • Page 208

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al C-16 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports v1.0, August 2006 The IP addresses of the gateway W AN ports can be either fixed or dynamic, but a fully-qualified domain name must always b e used becaus e the active W AN po rts could be eith er W AN_A1, W AN_A2, W AN_B1, or W AN_B2 (i.e., the IP addr ess o[...]

  • Page 209

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Network Planning for Dual WAN Port s C-17 v1.0, August 2006 VPN Gateway-to-Gateway: Dual Gateway W AN Ports for Loa d Balancing In the case of the dual W AN ports on the gateway VPN fire wall ( Figure C-16 ), either of the gateway W A N ports at one end can be programmed in advance to initiate the VP[...]

  • Page 210

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al C-18 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports v1.0, August 2006 VPN T elecommuter: Single Gateway W AN Port (Reference Case) In the case of the single W AN port on the gateway VPN firewall ( Figure C-17 ), the remote PC client at the NA T router initiates the VPN tunnel because the IP address of the remo[...]

  • Page 211

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Network Planning for Dual WAN Port s C-19 v1.0, August 2006 The IP addresses of the gateway W AN ports can be either fixed or dynamic, but a fully-qualified domain name must always be use d because the ac tive W AN port could be either W AN1 or W AN2 (i.e., the IP address of the active W AN port is n[...]

  • Page 212

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al C-20 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports v1.0, August 2006 VPN T elecommuter: Dual Gateway W AN Port s for Load Balancing In the case of the dual W AN ports on the gateway VPN fire wall ( Figure C-20 ), the remote PC client initiates the VPN tunnel with the appropri ate gateway W AN port (i.e., port[...]

  • Page 213

    Index-1 v1.0, August 2006 Index A access remote management 6-10 Active Self Certificate s 5-27 Add DMZ W AN Outbound Services screen 4-12 Add LAN DMZ Inbound Service screen 4-14 Add LAN DMZ Outbound Service screen 4-13 Add LAN W AN Inbound Service 4-10 Add LAN W AN Outbound Service screen 4-9 Add Mode Config Record screen 5-38 Add Protocol Binding [...]

  • Page 214

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al Index-2 v1.0, August 2006 Content Filteri ng 4- 1 about 4- 25 Block Sites 4-25 enabling 4-2 5 firewall protection, about 4-1 content filtering 1-2 , 4-1 crossover cable 1-3 , 7-2 Customized Service editing 4-23 customized service adding 4-22 Customized Services adding 4-2 , 4-21 D Date setting 6-16 [...]

  • Page 215

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Index-3 v1.0, August 2006 about protection 1-2 Dual W AN configuration of 2-10 Dual W AN Port inbound traffic C-8 load balancing, inbound traffic C-9 Dual W AN Port systems VPN T unnel addresses 5-1 Dual W AN Ports features of 1-2 network planning C-1 Dual W AN ports Auto-Rollover , configuration of [...]

  • Page 216

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al Index-4 v1.0, August 2006 editing 3-9 Groups and Hosts screen 3-7 , 3-9 , 3-10 groups, managing 3-6 H hardware requirements C-3 Hosting A Local Public W eb Server example of 4-16 hosts, managing 3-6 I Iego.net 2-15 IGP 3-13 IKE Policies management of 5-1 1 IKE Policies screen 5-9 IKE Policy about 5-[...]

  • Page 217

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Index-5 v1.0, August 2006 L L2TP 4-15 LAN configuration 3-1 using LAN IP setup options 3-2 LAN DMZ Inbound Services adding rule 4-14 LAN DMZ Outbound Services adding rule 4-13 LAN DMZ Rules 4-12 LAN DMZ Rules scree n 4- 12 LAN DMZ service rule modifying 4-13 LAN Security Checks 4-15 LAN Setup screen [...]

  • Page 218

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al Index-6 v1.0, August 2006 network configuration requirements C-3 Network Database about 3- 6 advantages of 3-6 fields 3- 7 Network Database Group Names screen 3-9 network planning Dual W AN Ports C-1 Network T i me Protocol. See NTP . newsgroup 4-25 NTP 6-16 troubleshooting 7-7 NTP Servers custom 6-[...]

  • Page 219

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Index-7 v1.0, August 2006 priority definitions 4-23 shifting traf fic mix 6-7 SIP 2.0 support 1-1 Quality of Service . See QoS Quality of Service. See Qos. R rack mounting 1-9 rack mounting hardware 1-9 RADIUS Server configuring 5-35 RADIUS-CHAP 5-31 , 5-33 AUTH, using with 5-32 RADIUS-P AP 5-31 XAUT[...]

  • Page 220

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al Index-8 v1.0, August 2006 Add Protocol Binding 2-14 Service Based Rules 4-2 Service Blocking reducing traffic 6-2 service blocking 4-2 Outbound Rules 4- 2 port filterin g 4-2 service numbers common protocols 4-21 Services sc reen 4-21 , 4-22 Setting Up One-to-One NA T Mapping example of 4-17 Setting[...]

  • Page 221

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual Index-9 v1.0, August 2006 definitions 2-9 T rend Micro enabling 3-1 5 Office Scan Server 3-16 OfficeS c an cl ient, exclusion list 3-16 requirements for use 3-15 T rend Micro integration 1-4 T rend Micro screen 3-16 T rend Micro security 1-4 troubleshooting 7-1 browsers 7-3 configuration setti ngs, u[...]

  • Page 222

    ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manu al Index-10 v1.0, August 2006 VPNs C-6 , C-10 about C- 10 creating a VPN Ga teway connection 5-14 gateway-to-gateway C-14 , C-15 , C-17 road warrior C-1 1 , C-12 , C-13 teleco mmuter C-18 , C-20 viewing VPN tunnel status 6-25 W WA N configuring Advanced options 2-18 configuring W AN Mode 2-10 W AN Fail[...]