FVS318 ProSafe VPN Firewall Version 2.4

Published date: July 21, 2004

This describes enhancements and bug fixes in the FVS318 software Release Version 2.4. The enhancements and fixes are those added since Release Version 1.4.

Before you upgrade! Write down the configuration settings you changed from the defaults!

You MUST clear the configuration after upgrading (with the default button on the rear panel or the Erase button in the Backup Settings menu) and reenter your configuration information manually. If you do not do this, you will lose your existing connection — the DHCP server will not work!

New Features Overview

Version 2.4

Smart Wizard Configuration Assistant

A Smart Wizard Configuration Assistant has been added to help guide you in the initial configuration of the router and connection to the Internet. To use the Configuration Assistant, the router must be in the default manufacturing state. You can reset the router to the default state in two ways: (1) press and hold the reset button on the rear of the router for more than 10 seconds; or (2) click Erase in the router's Backup Settings menu.

Advanced User Access: Advanced users who want to bypass the Smart Wizard Configuration Assistant can log in the router at http://www.routerlogin.net/basicsetting.htm with the user name of admin and the password of password, both in lower case letters.

Access the Router’s Configuration Manager by URL

To access the Configuration Manager, you no longer need to type the router’s IP address into the browser. Two URLs — www.routerlogin.com and www.routerlogin.net — have been added to the DNS proxy software, and will connect the user to the Configuration Manager.

Version 2.3

VPN Wizard for Easy Configuration of VPN Connections

In the Navigation bar, a selection has been added for a VPN Wizard. This interview-style Wizard will guide you to configure the FVS318 for router-to-router or router-to-client connections. The Wizard makes policy choices to simplify configuration and for interoperability, using recommendations from the VPN Consortium, and then lists the corresponding settings for use in configuring the remote device. Refer to the manual for details.

Modifications and Bug Fixes

Version 2.4

1. Improved Oray DDNS client
2. Attached Devices page now displays DHCP client devices
3. Fixed: Can't access sites whose IP address ends with 255
4. "HELO ROUTER SYSTEM" is now "HELO ROUTER_SYSTEM"
5. Can now authenticate with ISP using chars "/" or "%" or ";", others
6. Fixed DHCP server bug
7. Fixed RIP table update bug
8. Fixed Reboot function in Diagnostics menu
9. Fixed VPN manual key won’t accept A-F characters
10. Added more info to WAN Status menu
11. Changed default SA lifetime
12. Fixed bug to allow forwarding of UDP port 500
13. Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS) now disabled by default
14. When UDP sent with disabled checksum, leave disabled

Version 2.3

1. Added VPN Wizard feature.

Version 2.2

1. Modified LAN port LED behavior during power up.

Version 2.1

1. Restricting port forwarding by IP address range sometimes did not work correctly
2. In PPPoE environments, ORAY/DDNS didn't always update when the IP address changed
3. VPN tunnel drop and reconnection issue between FVS318 and FVL328
4. NTP improvements. Allows NTP server on the LAN
5. Fixed PPPoE compatibility issues
6. Improved dynamic DNS (dyndns.org and TZO) algorithms
7. Added default route to routing table
8. In Router Status menu, Show PPPoE Status button is now Show WAN Status
9. RIP default is now OFF
10. Modified the sequence of vpn proposals for improved interoperability

Known Issues

1. From the “Can not connect to the Internet” error page, or to bypass the Configuration Assistant, the user must enter the URL http://www.routerlogin.com/basicsetting.htm to
reach the Basic Settings menu
2. Occasionally after configuration, there may be a latency in the DNS proxy response. If this occurs, wait 20-30 seconds after the completion of the configuration and then try to launch a new browser session
3. When manually entering settings to configure the router, you must finish the process by clicking Apply. Otherwise, a browser launched from a PC connected to the router displays the router Configuration Assistant Welcome page rather than the browser's home page
4. In some situations the Configuration Assistant Welcome page takes 45 seconds to display. This is related to browser caching, clearing the browser cache eliminates the problem
5. May have problems creating VPN tunnels to FVS318 running v1.3 firmware or earlier

To Upgrade

NOTE: You MUST clear the configuration after upgrading (either by using the default button on the rear panel or the Erase button in the Backup Settings menu)
and reenter your configuration information manually. Write down all of your configuration information before upgrading

You can upgrade by using the Web interface Router Upgrade menu

1. Open the browser (Internet Explorer or Netscape)
2. Access the router (usually http://192.168.0.1)
3. Login to the router (User Name = admin Password = password unless you changed it)
4. Write down all configuration settings that you set
5. Under Maintenance, click Router Upgrade
6. Click Browse and locate the upgrade file
7. Click Upload
8. Wait for the router to reboot and the TESTLED to turn off
9. Press and hold the button on the rear panel until the TEST LED comes on again and
begins to blink (10 to 30 seconds)
10. Release the button and allow the router to reboot
11. Manually enter your configuration information

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If problems occur after upgrading, try clearing the router again as in Steps 9 – 10 above, and reconfigure.

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