Introduction

High Performance, Manageable Dual WAN Security Firewall
At the heart of your office network, NETGEAR's high performance security appliance, ProSafe™ VPN Firewall 200 offers a complete security solution for small and medium sized companies. This rackmountable, Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall is equipped with support for up to 200 security associations (VPN tunnels). The FVX538 can serve as a DHCP Server, supports Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP), Quality of Service (QoS) and has a powerful SPI firewall to protect your PCs against intruders and most common Internet attacks. With support for Trend Micro anti-virus policy enforcement functionality, the FVX538 ships with a 60 day evaluation copy of Trend Micro™ Client/Server Suite for SMB and Trend Micro Client/Server/Messaging Suite for SMB for customers without current licenses. Designed with small businesses in mind, the Trend Micro CS and CSM combine workstation and server virus protection (including Trojans, worms, and hackers, plus spyware, grayware, and blended threats) into a single solution, empowering small business owners to deploy and manage an effective antivirus strategy with limited IT investment.

Featuring eight auto-sensing 10/100 Mbps LAN ports, one Gigabit LAN port and two 10/100 WAN ports, the ProSafe VPN Firewall FVX538 lets multiple computers in your office share two Internet connections. The dual WAN ports let you connect a second Internet line as a backup to insure that you're never disconnected. One LAN port can be dedicated as a hardware DMZ port for safely providing services to the Internet without compromising security on your LAN.

Richer Security
This powerful VPN Firewall extends security from the network core to the perimeter by preventing unauthorized network access using a SPI firewall, blocking denial of service (DoS) and other attacks, encrypting traffic traveling across the Internet and added support for anti-virus and anti-spam policy enforcement.

Capacity To Spare
Dual WAN ports support two broadband connections. A second WAN port supports an additional broadband connection. This second WAN connection may be configured as a failover connection in case the primary connection fails or can be used to balance the workload by distributing traffic across the two connections for optimal per user bandwidth.

Superior Value and Usability
Competitively priced and SNMP manageable, convenient VPN Wizard gathers basic information about your networks and recommends a VPN solution with supporting instructions. Bundled with NETGEAR's ProSafe VPN client software (VPN05L) — a five user license is included. Virtual Private Network Consortium (VPNC) certified VPN supports secure data connectivity and transmission over the Internet and ensures interoperability with many other popular security products.

Specifications

Physical Interfaces

* LAN ports: Eight (8) 10/100 Mbps auto-sensing, Auto-Uplink™ RJ-45 ports; one (1) Gigabit 10/100/1000 Mbps LAN port; one LAN port can be dedicated hardware DMZ port
* WAN port: Two 10/100Mbps Ethernet RJ-45 ports with auto fail-over and load balancing
* Serial port: One console port for command line interface (CLI) support

Security Features

* SPI Firewall: Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) to prevent notorious Denial of Service (DoS) attacks, Intrusion Detection System (IDS) including logging, reporting and e-mail alerts, address, service and protocol, Web URL keyword filtering, prevent replay attack (reassembly attack), port/service blocking. Advanced features include block Java/URL/ActiveX based on extension, FTP/SMTP/RPC program filtering
* VPN Functionality: Two hundred (200) dedicated VPN tunnels, Manual key and Internet Key Exchange Security Association (IKE SA) assignment with pre-shared key and RSA/DSA signatures, key life and IKE lifetime time settings, perfect forward secrecy (Diffie-Hellman groups 1 and 2 and Oakley support), operating modes (Main, Aggressive, Quick), fully qualified domain name (FQDN) support for dynamic IP address VPN connections.
IPSec Support: IPSec-based 56-bit (DES), 168-bit (3DES), or 256-bit (AES) encryption algorithm, MD5 or SHA-1 hashing algorithm, AH/AH-ESP support, PKI features with X.509 v.3 certificate support, remote access VPN (client-to-site), site-to-site VPN, IPSec NAT traversal (VPN pass-through)
* Mode of Operation: One-to-one/many-to-one Multi-Network Address Translation (NAT), classical routing, unrestricted users per port
IP Address Assignment: Static IP address assignment, internal DHCP server on LAN, DHCP client on WAN, PPPoE client support

Performance Features

* Throughput: Up to 90 Mbps WAN-to-LAN and 100 Mbps 3DES throughput

Management Features

* Administration Interface: SNMP (v.2c) support, Telnet, web graphic user interface, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) remote management, user name and password protected; secure remote management support authenticated through IP address or IP address range and password; configuration changes/upgrades through web GUI.
* Configuration and Upgrades: Upload and down load configuration settings, firmware upgradeable flash memory
Logging: SYSLOG, e-mail alerts

Functions

* VPN Wizard to simplify configuration of the VPN, Smart Wizard to automatically detect ISP Address type (static, dynamic, PPPoE), Port Range Forwarding, Port Triggering, Exposed Host (DMZ), Hardware DMZ, Enable/Disable WAN Ping, DNS Proxy, MAC Address cloning/spoofing, Network Time Protocol NTP support, Keyword Content Filtering, email Alerts, DHCP Server (Info and display table), PPPoE login client support, WAN DHCP Client, Diagnostic tools (ping, trace route, other), Port/service, Auto- Uplink on switch ports and Quality of Service (QoS).

Protocol Support

* Network: IP routing, TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP, PPPoE
* IP addressing: DHCP (client and server)
* Routing: RIP v1, RIP v2 (Static Routing, Dynamic Routing)
* VPN/Security: IPSec (ESP, AH), MD5, SHA-1, DES, 3DES, IKE, PKI, AES

User Support

* LAN: Up to 253 users

Maintenance

* Save/Restore Configuration, Restore Defaults, Upgrades via Web Browser, Display Statistics, Logging, SYSLOG support

Hardware Specifications

* Processor Speed: 533 MHz Intel XScale IXP425
* Memory: 32MB Flash, 64MB DRAM
* Encryption Accelerator: Cavium CN501 with 60+ Mbps (3DES+SHA-1) encryption
* Power requirements: 100-240 VAC, 50-60Hz, 15W MAX
* Dimensions: 33 x 20.3 x 4.4 cm. (13 x 8 x 1.75 in.)
* Weight: 4.42 lbs (2.01 kg)

Environmental Specifications

* Operating temperature: 0 to 40ºC (32 to 104ºF)
* Operating humidity: 90% maximum relative humidity, non-condensing

Package Contents

· Switch
· AC adapter
· Quick Installation guide
· Warranty/Support information card

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