Is it possible to manage the configuration locally without Nebula (as with the USG models)?

And what firewall functionality is available? Security policy? VPN server?

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Is it possible to manage the configuration locally without Nebula (as with the USG models)?

And what firewall functionality is available? Security policy? VPN server?

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Yes, it is possible to manage the configuration of the Zyxel FWA505 Nebula router locally without the Nebula Cloud.

### Local configuration
- You can manage the configuration of the router via the web user interface by going to the URL `https://192.168.1.1` in a web browser and logging in with the admin username and password found on the device label.

### Firewall functionality and security features
- The FWA505 Nebula Router offers comprehensive firewall functionalities, including:
  - IP firewall
  - DoS attack detection
  - SPI (Stateful Packet Inspection)
  - Application level firewall (LAN to WAN, e.g. FTP, HTTP, Telnet, Ping)
  - LAN MAC address filtering
  - LAN IP address filtering
  - WLAN MAC address filtering.

### VPN and security policy
- The router supports VPN pass-through, but there is no integrated VPN server function. However, it supports NAT/NAPT, DMZ and port forwarding.
- There is no specific "security policy" in the sense of centralised security policy management as with some other models, but it offers various security functions such as WPA2, WPA3 and URL filtering.

These functions enable comprehensive security and network management, even without using the Nebula Cloud.

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Is it possible to manage the configuration locally without Nebula (as with the USG models)? And what firewall functionality is available? Security policy? VPN server?