Netgear Netgar VPN FIrewall FVS336Gv2 Reference Manual

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If you did not change the domain or were not assigned a domain, leave the menu 
selection at geardomain.
5. Click the Login button.
The Router Status screen displays.
6. Select Administration > Settings Backup & Upgrade.
The Settings Backup and Firmware Upgrade screen displays.
7. To the left of the Restore button, click the Browse button.
8. Locate and select the previously saved backup file (by...

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Upgrade the Firmware
You can install a different version of the VPN firewall firmware. For information about how to 
view the current version of the firmware that the VPN firewall is running, see 
Display an 
Overview of the VPN Firewall Addresses and Firmware Version on page 582.
Note:In some cases, such as a major upgrade, it might be necessary to 
erase the configuration and manually reconfigure...

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10. To the left of the Upgrade button, click the Browse button.
11. Follow the directions of your browser to locate and select the downloaded firmware file.
WARNING:
After you have started the firmware installation process, do not 
interrupt the process. Do not try to go online, turn off the VPN 
firewall, or do anything else to the VPN firewall until the VPN 
firewall has fully rebooted.
12. Click...

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WARNING:
When you press the hardware Factory Defaults reset button or use 
the web management interface to reset the VPN firewall to factory 
default settings, all custom 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 to use them.
Note:After you reboot with factory default settings, the VPN...

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2. In the address field of your browser, enter the IP address that was assigned to the VPN 
firewall during the installation process.
The VPN firewall factory default IP address is 192.168.1.1.
The NETGEAR Configuration Manager Login screen displays.
3. In the Username field, type your user name and in the Password / Passcode field, type 
your password.
For the default administrative account, the...

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number of seconds left until the reboot 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 turns off.)
Configure Date and Time Service
You can configure date, time, and NTP server designations. Network Time Protocol (NTP) is 
a protocol that is used to synchronize computer clock times in a...

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The bottom of the screen displays the current weekday, date, time, time zone, and year. 
In the example in the previous figure, the following displays: Current Time: Wednesday, 
May 28, 2014, 01:03:52 (GMT +0000).
7. Enter the settings as described in the following table.
SettingDescription
Date/Time From the menu, select the local time zone in which the VPN firewall operates. The 
correct time zone...

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8. Click the Apply button.
Your settings are saved.
Select NTP Mode In all three NTP modes, the VPN firewall functions both as a client and a server. 
The VPN firewall synchronizes its clock with the specified NTP server or servers 
and provides time service to clients. From the menu, select the NTP mode:
• Authoritative Mode. The VPN firewall synchronizes its clock with the 
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12.   Monitor System Access and 
Performance
This chapter describes the system-monitoring features of the VPN firewall. You can be alerted to 
important events such WAN traffic limits reached, login failures, and attacks. You can also view 
status information about the firewall, WAN ports, LAN ports, active VPN users and tunnels, and 
more. In addition, the diagnostics utilities are described. The chapter contains the following 
sections:
•Configure and Enable the WAN IPv4 Traffic Meter
•Manage...

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Configure and Enable the WAN IPv4 Traffic Meter
If your ISP charges by traffic volume over a given period, or if you want to study traffic types 
over a period, you can activate the traffic meter for IPV4 traffic on a WAN interface.
For information about displaying the Internet traffic that is measured by the WAN IPv4 traffic 
meter, see 
Display Internet Traffic by Type of Traffic.
Note:When you enable...