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Netgear FVS318

details: ProSafe VPN Firewall
with 8-port 10/100 Mbps Switch
hardware type: Broadband Router
date added: 2007-08-21
updated: 2015-01-27
NETGEAR's FVS318 ProSafe VPN Firewall provides business-class protection at an affordable price. This completely equipped, broadband-capable firewall router offers a Stateful Packet Inspection (SPI) firewall, Denial of Service (DoS) protection and Intrusion Detection, URL key word and content filtering, logging, reporting, and real-time alerts. VPNC certified, it initiates up to 8 IPSec VPN tunnels simultaneously, reducing your operating costs and maximizing the security of your network. With 8 auto-sensing, Auto Uplink switched LAN ports and Network Address Translation (NAT) routing, up to 253 users can access your broadband connection at the same time.
 
 
 
 FVS318 Features
 General
 Availability: discontinued
 Street price: $96
 Warranty: 3 year(s)
 LAN / WAN Connectivity
 WAN ports: 1
 WAN port(s) type: 10/100 Base-TX (RJ-45)
 LAN ports: 8
 LAN ports type: 10/100 Base-TX (RJ-45)
 LAN ports auto cross-over: yes
 USB port(s): 0
 Router
 NAT routing: yes
 Multihomed: yes
 DMZ: yes
 Port forwarding: yes
 Port forwarding of ranges: yes
 DHCP server: yes
 DHCP client: yes
 DNS proxy: yes
 Dynamic DNS client: yes
 UPnP: yes
 MAC Address clone: yes
 Routing Protocols: RIP v1 (static routing, RFC 1058)
RIP v2 (dynamic routing, RFC1389)
 DSL
 PPPoE client: yes
 VPN
 VPN Authentication: MD5 (128-bit), SHA1 (160-bit)
 VPN Encryption: DES (56-bit), 3DES (168-bit), AES (128-bit)
  IPSec
 IPSec server: yes
 IPSec client: yes
 IPSec passthrough: yes
 IPSec simultaneous tunnels: 8
  PPTP
 PPTP server: yes
 PPTP client: yes
 Firewall
 SPI firewall: yes
 DoS / DDoS protection: yes
 Intrusion Detection System (IDS): yes
 Security log: yes
 Filtering: Domain/URL blocking, MAC Address filtering, keyword/content filtering
 Device Management
 Default IP address: 192.168.0.1
 Alternate Admin URL: http://www.routerlogin.net
 Default admin username: admin
 Default admin password: password
 Administration: Web-based (LAN)
Remote configuration (WAN)
Quick Setup Wizard
Windows application
 Firmware upgradeable: yes
 Configuration backup/restore: yes
 Email alerts: yes
 Misc hardware info
 Chipset: 200 Mhz 32-bit RISC
 RAM: 16 Mb
 Flash Memory: 2 Mb
 Max clients: 253
 NTP client: yes
 Power over Ethernet (PoE): no
 Links
 Product page: http://support.netgear.com/product/FVS31...
 Datasheet: http://kbserver.netgear.com/datasheets/e...
 Manual: http://kbserver.netgear.com/pdf/vpn_clie...

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by finout - 2009-07-19 17:11
This was a great device back in the 90s. These days it's way too slow. It has a DES/3DES limit of 1Mbps, and a NAT limit of about 5Mbps. I had to throw 10 of these away once my company got onto faster internet connections.
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