User Manual Part 2

ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 Reference Manual
9-14 Firewall and Network Management
v1.0, July 2008
2. Click Backup to save a copy of your current settings.
• If your browser isn’t set up to save downloaded files automatically, locate where you want
to save the file, specify file name, and click Save.
• If you have your browser set up to save downloaded files automatically, the file will be
saved to your browser’s download location on the hard disk.
To restore settings from a backup file:
1. Next to Restore save settings from file, click the Browse button.
2. Locate and select the previously saved backup file (by default, netgear.cfg).
3. When you have located the file, click the Restore button.
An Alert page will appear indicating the status of the restore operation. You must manually
restart the VPN firewall for the restored settings to take effect.
To reset the firewall to the original factory default settings, click the Default button.
You must manually restart the VPN firewall before the default settings to take effect. After
rebooting, the firewall’s password will be password and the LAN IP address will be 192.168.1.1.
The VPN firewall will act as a DHCP server on the LAN, to the wireless clients, and act as a
DHCP client to the Internet.
Router Upgrade
You can install a different version of the VPN firewall firmware from the Settings Backup and
Firmware Upgrade menu. To view the current version of the firmware that your VPN firewall is
running, choose Monitoring from the main menu. The Router Status screen is displayed,
showing all of the VPN firewall router statistics, including the firmware version. When you
upgrade your firmware, the new firmware version will be displayed.
To download a firmware version:
1. Go to the NETGEAR Web site at http://www.netgear.com/support and click Downloads.
Warning: Once you start restoring settings or erasing the firewall, do NOT interrupt
the process. Do not try to go online, turn off the firewall, shut down the
computer or do anything else to the firewall until it finishes restarting!
Warning: When you click default, your firewall settings will be erased. All firewall
rules, VPN policies, LAN/WAN settings and other settings will be lost. Please
backup your settings or all your settings will be lost!