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Getting Started Guide

For future reference:

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Summary of Contents for S10 Appliance

Page 1: ...Getting Started Guide For future reference Serial number Date installed Smoothwall contact...

Page 2: ...claims all warranties as to the accuracy completeness or adequacy of such information Smoothwall Ltd shall have no liability for errors omissions or inadequacies in the information contained herein or...

Page 3: ...eviewing the panel and ports 6 Panel Menu 7 Installing the appliance 8 Installing as a basic web proxy 8 Installing in firewall mode 9 Getting started 10 Registering the appliance 10 Configuring the a...

Page 4: ...re Web Gateway or Unified Threat Management l An overall understanding of networking concepts Note We strongly recommend that everyone working with Smoothwall products attend Smoothwall training For i...

Page 5: ...ither Secure Web Gateway delivering the features you need to provide a security online experience for all types of users Smoothwall s web content filtering analyzes actual page content to make an inte...

Page 6: ...latform Management Interface IPMI Ethernet interface for monitoring and managing the appliance hardware IP configuration is set to DHCP by default this can be configured in the BIOS menu Default usern...

Page 7: ...well as reboot or shut down the appliance To access the panel menu 1 On your keyboard press either Up or Down to access the menu 2 Continue to press Up or Down to navigate through the various menu opt...

Page 8: ...Gateway installation To do a basic installation 1 Place the appliance in a stable and secure location 2 Connect an Ethernet cable from port 1 on the appliance to your network the other ports are not u...

Page 9: ...ch to port 1 of the appliance 3 Connect an Ethernet cable from a port on the appliance to an external network or internet connected router or firewall 4 Using the AC power cord connect the appliance t...

Page 10: ...page opens enter the following credentials l Username Enter admin This is the default account used to administer the Smoothwall System l Password Enter smoothwall This is the default password for the...

Page 11: ...etworking and other sites that may impact productivity at work Workplace web filter policy This policy is a less restrictive workplace web filtering policy It only blocks adult drug and gambling conte...

Page 12: ...rameter Description Static IPv4 IP address Enter the additional IP address for this interface Subnet mask Enter the subnet mask for the IP address Gateway If traffic from this IP address needs to go t...

Page 13: ...Attached addresses table 9 Locate and select the pre assigned IP address 10 Click Delete 11 Browse to Network Configuration DNS 12 From the Global panel select System internal DNS server 13 Click Save...

Page 14: ...s spoofing is required enter the new MAC address here l MTU If required you can set the Maximum Transmission Unit MTU size in bytes for this connection l Comment Enter an optional comment for this ext...

Page 15: ...s enabled by default It is not recommended you disable connection monitoring for external gateways otherwise the S2 assumes the gateway always has an internet connection DHCP IPv4 Bandwidth If multipl...

Page 16: ...updates l If a new release exists it will be listed under the Available releases in the Releases new functionality and major upgrades section 3 If you want to l Review Update Release details a Click...

Page 17: ...nable content To initiate Guardian blocklists download 1 Browse to System Maintenance Licenses 2 Within the Blocklist subscriptions panel click Update The Smoothwall System downloads and installs the...

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