Initiating And Checking The Vpn Connections - NETGEAR ProSafe FVG318 Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the ProSafe Wireless 802.11g VPN Firewall Model FVG318
g. Save the Scenario_1 connection using Save under the File menu. You can also export the
connection parameters using Export Security Policy under the File menu.
You are now ready to activate the tunnel, but you must do it from the client endpoint (see
"Initiating and Checking the VPN Connections" on page
the gateway router will not know the client's IP address until the client initiates the traffic.

Initiating and Checking the VPN Connections

You can test connectivity and view VPN status information on the FVG318 and VPN Client
according to the testing flowchart shown in
A LAN, do the following:
1. Test 1: Launch Scenario_1 Connection from Client PC: To check the VPN Connection, you
can initiate a request from the remote PC to the VPN router's network by using the Connect
option in the VPN Client's menu bar (see
a dynamically assigned WAN IP address, it must initiate the request.
a. Open the popup menu by right-clicking on the system tray icon.
b. Select Connect to open the My Connections list.
c. Choose Scenario_1.
The VPN Client reports the results of the attempt to connect. Once the connection is
established, you can access resources of the network connected to the VPN router.
Alternative Ping Test: To perform a ping test as an alternative, start from the remote PC:
a. From a Windows Client PC, click the Start button on the taskbar and then click Run.
b. Type ping -t 10.5.6.1, and then click OK.
c. This will cause a continuous ping to be sent to the LAN interface of Gateway A. Within
two minutes, the ping response should change from timed out to reply.
VPN Configuration of NETGEAR FVG318
B-23). In the client-to-gateway scenario,
Figure B-4. To test the VPN tunnel from the Gateway
Figure B-19 on page
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B-24). Since the remote PC has
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