NETGEAR ProSafe FVG318 Reference Manual page 139

Reference Manual for the ProSafe Wireless 802.11g VPN Firewall Model FVG318
Testing the Gateway A FVG318 LAN and the Gateway B LAN
1. Using our example, from a PC attached to the FVG318 on LAN A, on a Windows PC click the
Start button on the taskbar and then click Run.
2. Type ping -t 172.23.9.1, and then click OK.
3. This will cause a continuous ping to be sent to the LAN interface of Gateway B. Within two
minutes, the ping response should change from timed out to reply.
4. At this point the connection is established.
5. To test connectivity between the FVG318 Gateway A and Gateway B WAN ports, follow
these steps:
a. Using our example, log in to the FVG318 on LAN A, go to the main menu Maintenance
section and click the Diagnostics link.
b. To test connectivity to the WAN port of Gateway B, enter 22.23.24.25, and then click
Ping.
c. This causes a ping to be sent to the WAN interface of Gateway B. Within two minutes, the
ping response should change from timed out to reply. You may have to run this test several
times before you get the reply message back from the target FVG318.
d. At this point the connection is established.
Note: If you want to ping the FVG318 as a test of network connectivity, be sure
6. To view the FVG318 event log and status of Security Associations, follow these steps:
a. Go to the FVG318 main menu VPN section and click the VPN Status link.
b. The log screen displays a history of the VPN connections, and the IPSec SA and IKE SA
tables will report the status and data transmission statistics of the VPN tunnels for each
policy.
Advanced Virtual Private Networking
the FVG318 is configured to respond to a ping on the Internet WAN port
by checking the check box seen in
preserve a high degree of security, you should turn off this feature when
you are finished with testing.
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