CHAPTER
ONE
OUT OF THE BOX
1.1 Getting Started
The basic firewall configuration begins with connecting the Netgate® appliance to the Internet. The Netgate appliance
should be unplugged at this time.
Connect one end of an Ethernet cable to the WAN port (shown in the
section) of the Netgate
appliance. The other end of the same cable should be inserted into a port of the Cable or DSL modem. The modem
provided by the ISP should have multiple LAN ports. Any port should work.
Next, connect one end of a second Ethernet cable to the LAN port (shown in the
section) of
the Netgate appliance. Connect the other end to the computer.
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