Netgear FVS318N – Prosafe Wireless N VPN Firewall Quick Setup Guide

Firewall Defaults, Public Server Rule,

and Secondary WAN IP Address

This quick start guide provides the firewall defaults and explains how to configure some basic
firewall rules for the ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N to get you up
and running fast. For information about more complicated firewall features, and for complete
configuration steps, see the Reference Manual. This quick start guide contains the following
sections:

•

Default Firewall Rules and General Security Settings

•

Create a Firewall Rule for a Public Server

•

Create a Firewall Rule for a Secondary WAN IP Address

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For More Information

Note:

For more information about the topics covered in this guide, visit the

FVS318N support website at

http://support.netgear.com

. You will

also find the Reference Manual at the support website.

Default Firewall Rules and General Security Settings

The default firewall rules and general security settings should work well for most small
business networks, and you do not need change these settings for correct functioning of the
wireless VPN firewall. The default settings are listed in the following table.

Table 1. Default firewall rules and general security settings

Security Feature

Default Behavior

Reference Section for More
Information in Chapter 5,
“Firewall Protection,” of the
Reference Manual

Default inbound LAN WAN firewall rule
(communications coming in from the Internet)

All traffic from the
WAN is blocked,
except in response
to LAN requests.

• “Overview of Rules to Block or

Allow Specific Kinds of Traffic”

• “Configure LAN WAN Rules”

Default outbound LAN WAN firewall rule
(communications from the LAN to the Internet)

All traffic from the
LAN is allowed.