Netgear FVS328 Reference Manual

Managing Your Network

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This chapter describes how to perform network management tasks with your FVS328 ProSafe 
VPN Firewall with Dial Back-up. 

The FVS328 provides remote management access and a variety of status and usage information 
which is discussed below. 

Using the Remote Management page, you can allow a user or users on the Internet to configure, 
upgrade and check the status of your FVS328 Firewall.

1.

Log in to the firewall at its default LAN address of 

 with its default user 

name of 

, default password of 

, or using whatever password and LAN address 

you have chosen for the firewall.

2.

In the Advanced section on the left navigator, select Remote Management.

3.

Select the Turn Remote Management On check box.

4.

Specify what external addresses will be allowed to access the firewall’s remote management.

 

 
Note: For security reasons, restrict access to as few external IP addresses as practical.

a.

To allow access from any IP address on the Internet, select Everyone. 

b.

To allow access from a range of IP addresses on the Internet, select IP address range.

 

Enter a beginning and ending IP address to define the allowed range. 

Be sure to change the router's default password to a very secure password. The 

ideal password should contain no dictionary words from any language, and should be a 
mixture of letters (both upper and lower case), numbers, and symbols. Your password 
can be up to 30 characters.