I don't have the luxury of time to setup the new device from scratch. That is why we as going to a Nsa3700 which should cover our needs for a while. Last week we tried to do a training session for 10 people and the audio was catastrophic and we gave up. We can't even have a zoom meeting with 2 people without the audio being choppy. Our consultants are building our domain and file services on the Government Azure Cloud so we will be heavily dependent on the throughput of our firewall.įor a while now our TZ300 has been struggling. Recently, we've migrated our Exchange to the cloud O365 G5. We've had on-site servers which are sorely outdated. I've never taken a computer course in my life, but I've been handling IT at my work since the late 90's. I'm an Electrical Engineer but unfortunately I'm just an IT hack. Copy this registration code to the firewall’s web console under System -> StatusĪfter setup is complete and all configuration changes have been made please ensure that you m ake a backup by exporting settings.Yes it is a big step.Once you have registered the Device open the device from the list of registered products and find the registration code.Enter Serial number, Friendly Name and authentication code which can be found on the Firewalls web console under System -> Status.Under My products select Register Product.PPTP- You are provided with a server IP address, username and password.

PPoE – Your ISP provided you with a username and password.

DHCP – your ISP automatically assigns you a Dynamic IP address.

Static IP address – Common for rouiter based connections.

You can reset this password immediately under System -> AdministrationĬonnect Sonicwall to modem via X0 Wan port Configure your WAN port If you cannot access the page you may need to change TLS setting within your browser settings In these instructions we will choose to perform our SonicWall Setup manually

Connect SonicWall LAN (X0) port to your laptop or PC or to a Network Switch.įirst step in your SonicWall Setup is to Connect to SonicWall with Ethernet cable from your PC to port X0 (Lan).

Connect your Internet access device such as a cable or DSL modem to SonicWall WAN ( X1) port.

Locate the SonicWall ports X0 and X1, port X0 is also label as LAN and port X1 is also label as WAN.These Instructions can be used for the entire TZ series family of firewalls Please note, using the first time install wizard is recommended, however, the below information assists with manually setting up the SonicWall for the first time. This article covers initial SonicWall setup procedures for a SonicWall TZ300 series firewall. Instructions on how to set up your SonicWall TZ300 out of the box.

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