User guide

Getting to Know Your Safe@Office 1000N Appliance
28 Check Point Safe@Office User Guide
Rear Panel
All physical connections (network and power) are made via the rear panel of your
Safe@Office appliance.
The following table lists the Safe@Office 1000N appliance's rear panel elements.
Table 6: Safe@Office 1000N Appliance Rear Panel Elements
Label
Description
LAN 1-4 Local Area Network switch: Four Ethernet ports (RJ-45) used for connecting
computers or other network devices
DMZ/
WAN2
A dedicated Ethernet port (RJ-45) used to connect a DMZ (Demilitarized Zone)
computer or network. Alternatively, can serve as a secondary WAN port or as a
VLAN trunk.
WAN Wide Area Network: An Ethernet port (RJ-45) used for connecting your broadband
modem, a wide area network router, or a network leading to the Internet
Serial A serial (RS-232) port used for connecting computers in order to access the
Safe@Office CLI (Command Line Interface), or for connecting an external dialup
modem.
An RJ-45 to DB9 converter is supplied for your convenience.
Warning: Do not connect an Ethernet cable to the RJ-45 serial port.
Figure 1: Safe@Office 1000N Appliance Rear Panel