Athena NGFW (Next-Generation Firewall)

Athena NGFW (previously known as Network Secure) provides comprehensive protection for every network perimeter, ensuring the safety of your valuable assets, data, and users from emerging threats.
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Configuration Case

{{ $t('productDocDetail.updateTime') }}: 2026-01-06

The network environment of a company is shown in the figure below. The Network Secure device is deployed at the front end of a server to protect against internal and external attacks. The Network Secure device is deployed in a virtual network with 1 and 2 serving as a pair of virtual lines, and 3 and 4 serving as a pair of virtual lines. When an Internet terminal PC (100.100.100.1) accesses a server (172.16.10.1), it cannot open the page normally. The troubleshooting result reveals that the session abnormality occurred since the traffic passed through the Network Secure twice. Therefore, a second-passthrough needs to be enabled to avoid this issue.

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Step 1.Check Enable to enable second-passthrough and click Add to create second-passthrough traffic. See the figure below.

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Step 2.Second-passthrough needs to be configured for both inbound and outbound traffic. The configuration results are shown in the following figure.

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Step 3.The Internet terminal PC (100.100.100.1) accesses the server (172.16.10.1) again and can open the page normally.