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Packaging - How many icons is too many icons?
When looking at the front of a product packaging, what mostly grabs your attention to buy? If a package shows icons, does that help you determine if it's worthy to pick-up and read more? Attached is an example of a front package showing icons. How many icons is considered too many icons, ie 3-4, 4-5?
BR500 Issues and Feedback.
Been looking forward to the BR500 release for some time now and finally just procured one through Powershift Eval. First impressions: DHCP Servers and VLAN setup through Insight got my blood pressure way too high. No features for setting up IP Address Reservations through Insight either. Once I passed my self-imposed 72 hour time limit in trying to locate reservation settings and make the VLANs work, I deleted the BR500 from Insight and tried to set it all up locally. That turned into the next ordeal. Removing the device from Insight, unlike an AP with Business Central, does not factory reset the router. It also will not allow you to log in using the default username and password. Many different methods of trying the factory reset button were employed, but on the third try of turning off the power switch, pressing and holding the reset button and powering it up, then holding the button for ~15 seconds did the trick for me. It wasn't an issue so much of it not looking like it wasn't doing a reset, it was more of an issue of the single PC I had connected to LAN1 not being able to browse to routerlogin.net, 192.168.1.1 or any https version of it. Setting a static IP address on the NIC didn't help either. Once I was able to sign in, I went to task on setting up the different VLANs, IP Reservations for VLANs/Subnets and a few hours worth manual entry as this goal was to replace an FVS336Gv3 currently in use. The UI is pretty neat, lots of great tools and realtime monitoring. It took me about 30 minutes to figure out where everything was for my skeletal setup, but it was efficient. Of note, when setting up IP Reservations, the BR500 does not remember your preferences of how many devices you want to see on screen at a time. You will have to change it from 10 as default everytime you add a new reservation to 20, 30 or 40 at max. Also, by default, it is sorted by order you ORIGINALLY added the reservation, just like previous generation firewalls. Only benefit is that this one allows you to sort them manually by IP Address, Name, MAC Address, etc. temporarily until you make a move/add/change and then it goes back to default order. MAKE SURE TO BACK UP YOUR SETTINGS! Now, once I was happy with my settings, I swapped out the FVS336Gv3 with the BR500 and watched the responsiveness of my network come to life. So then, here's where I get greedy: I then re-add the BR500 BACK TO INSIGHT to see if my settings stuck and synced to Insight. Yeah, I got greedy and hopeful. The BR500 managed to upload some of the data but the reservations were lost in translation and the network and internet came to a screeching halt. Time to remove it from Insight, put the FVS336Gv3 back in place and start over. Circle back around to the top of this post: rinse, lather, repeat, finally get back in and then restore settings that were backed up! It will prompt you for your password you originally set up from the GUI before you did your backup. Enter it and presto, it comes back to life, reboots and is happy as it is IN STANDALONE mode. Looks like Insight needs some more tuning up, but the BR500 is pretty rock-solid for the 12 hours I've had it up and running on its own! -Mike
connecting windows 7 media center to a FVS318N
I am trying to connect my windows 7 media center computer as a client to my Prosafe router. My other router just died and I had this never opened router sitting around . Ive been trying to set the router as a L2TP server (my last router had PtPP) but I played with it for a while and it seems after googeling it many others have had issues also . is there anyone who has had success? Thank you kendqLearn to Setup a VPN Easily - BR500 Router & Firewall #Webinar
Now you can quickly get up and running with a VPN in moments thanks to the Insight Network Management app and the new BR500 Insight Instant VPN Router & Firewall. Wouldn’t it be great if you: • Could remotely manage your clients’ security and VPN access? • Did not have to send out a tech to reconfigure or troubleshoot? • Could deploy and configure multiple locations at once? • Could manage your clients’ network (including security) from a single pane of glass? • Could automatically monitor all of your clients’ network security? We'd love to hear your feedback for this webinar. Were the contents helpful? What kind of webinar would you like to see in the future?Netbios wont work Box to Box VPN SRX5308 to FVS318N
Hi all, Did setup a box to box IPSec VPN. The SRX5308 has WAN ip and the FVS318N is behind NAT but DMZ. Its working so far so good, i can ping other devices but i cant acces any HTTP or HTTPS exept my server. Server is also WINS. Can acces the shares to my NAS but cant acces his config page on HTTPS. Can scan network and it finds most devices, portscan shows acceble ports 80, 443, etc. Want to connect my dreambox on port 80 but wont open. Can someone help me? Regards, RoyLost or Stolen FVS336gv2
Hi I think I have had a FVS336gv2 with the following serial number stolen (or I have lost it). Can netgear track it for me using the MAC address, or at least post the MAC address so I can try to find a way to list it as stolen? Product: FVS336Gv2 Serial Number: 2CH23634501C4 Country of Purchase: United States Purchased on: 15/Jan/2014 Upload proof of purchase Registered on: 15/Jan/2014 It doesn't look like preyproject.com can track netgear devices.Route printing across VLANS with SRX5308
I have an SRX5308 with three VLANS setup: 192.168.1.1 192.168.2.1 192.168.3.1 All are subnet mask 255.255.255.0. Each has it's own DHCP range. Each as a dedicated LAN port on the firewall. Currently I have Inter VLAN Routing enlabled on all three VLANs. I want to place a printer on the first VLAN at 192.168.1.201 and make it visible on the other two VLANs. Currently I cannot ping across VLANS, nor do I want to other than for this printer. I suspect there is some sort of static route I need to setup, but I'm not finding much good information out there. Can anyone give me a quick tutorial on how to do this? Thanks in advance.Suggestions for Network Architecture
Hello, Would anyone out there be able to suggest what would be the best setup for a small business network with a remote office, and external salesperson? The primary office is currently using a DGND3700v1, we have 3 PC's connected via Wireless, 2 PC's via Ethernet, 1 Printer via ethernet\wireless, and 1 x FreeNas file server. We are about to office a remote office, as well as looking at access for the external salesperson to access the files server. The budget isn't big, and I don't think it needs to be, and something that is simple to keep an eye on would be good as well. The suggested setup would have to be able to handle the following:- Primary Office:- 4-7 Max PC's via Ethernet & Wireless 1 x Printer Remote Office:- 2 x PC's Preference is Wireless, but Ethernet as well 1 x Printer Sales Person:- 1 x PC remote access. Suggestions and idea's are welcomed. Thanks.
