CHAPTER
ONE
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 LAN port on the ISP CPE device, such as a cable
or fiber modem. If the CPE device provided by the ISP has multiple LAN ports, any LAN port should work in most
circumstances.
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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