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A VPN between two or more NETGEAR VPN-enabled routers is a good way to connect
branch or home offices and business partners over the Internet. VPN tunnels also enable
access to network resources across the Internet. In this case, use gateways on each end of
the tunnel to form the VPN tunnel end points. See
Set Up a Gateway-to-Gateway VPN
Configuration
on page
108 for information about how to set up this configuration.
Plan a VPN
When you set up a VPN, it is helpful to plan the network configuration and record the
configuration parameters on a worksheet:
Table 3.
VPN Tunnel Configuration Worksheet
Parameter
Value to Be Entered
Field Selection
Connection Name
N/A
Pre-Shared Key
N/A
Secure Association
N/A
Main Mode
Manual Keys
Perfect Forward secrecy
N/A
Enabled
Disabled
Encryption Protocol
N/A
DES
3DES
Authentication Protocol
N/A
MD5
SHA-1
Diffie-Hellman (DH) Group
N/A
Group 1
Group 2
Key Life in seconds
N/A
IKE Life Time in seconds
N/A
VPN Endpoint
Local IPSecID
LAN IP Address
Subnet Mask
FQDN or Gateway
IP (WAN IP Address
To set up a VPN connection, you need to configure each endpoint with specific identification
and connection information describing the other endpoint. You configure the outbound VPN
settings on one end to match the inbound VPN settings on other end, and vice versa.
This set of configuration information defines a security association (SA) between the two
VPN endpoints. When planning your VPN, you have to make a few choices first:
Will the local end be any device on the LAN, a portion of the local network (as defined by
a subnet or by a range of IP addresses), or a single PC?
Will the remote end be any device on the remote LAN, a portion of the remote network (as
defined by a subnet or by a range of IP addresses), or a single PC?
Will either endpoint use fully qualified domain names (FQDNs)? FQDNs supplied by
Dynamic DNS providers (see
Using a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN)
on
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146) can allow a VPN endpoint with a dynamic IP address to initiate or respond to a
tunnel request. Otherwise, the side using a dynamic IP address has to always be the
initiator.
Which method will you use to configure your VPN tunnels?
-
The VPN Wizard using VPNC defaults (see
Table
4, Parameters Recommended by
the BPNC and Used in the VPN Wizard
on page
97).
-
The typical automated Internet Key Exchange (IKE) setup (see
Use Auto Policy to
Configure VPN Tunnels
on page
118).
-
A manual keying setup in which you need to specify each phase of the connection
(see
Use Manual Policy to Configure VPN Tunnels
on page
125)?
Table 4.
Parameters Recommended by the BPNC and Used in the VPN Wizard
Parameter
Factory Default Setting
Secure Association
Main Mode
Authentication Method
Pre-Shared Key
Encryption Method
3DES
Authentication Protocol
SHA-1
Diffie-Hellman (DH) Group
Group 2 (1024 bit)
Key Life
8 hours
IKE Life Time
1 hour
What level of IPSec VPN encryption will you use?
-
DES
. The Data Encryption Standard (DES) processes input data that is 64 bits wide,
encrypting these values using a 56-bit key. Faster but less secure than 3DES.
-
3DES
. Triple DES achieves a higher level of security by encrypting the data three
times using DES with three different, unrelated keys.
What level of authentication will you use?
-
MDS
. 128 bits, faster but less secure.
-
SHA-1
. 160 bits, slower but more secure.
VPN Tunnel Configuration
There are two tunnel configurations and three ways to configure them:
Use the VPN Wizard to configure a VPN tunnel (recommended for most situations):
-
See
Set Up a Client-to-Gateway VPN Configuration
on page
98.
-
See
Set Up a Gateway-to-Gateway VPN Configuration
on page
108.
See
Use Auto Policy to Configure VPN Tunnels
on page
118 when the VPN Wizard and
its VPNC defaults are not appropriate for your special circumstances, but you want to
automate the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) setup.
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See
Use Manual Policy to Configure VPN Tunnels
on page
125 when the VPN Wizard
and its VPNC defaults are not appropriate for your special circumstances and you have to
specify each phase of the connection. You manually enter all the authentication and key
parameters. You have more control over the process; however, the process is more
complex, and there are more opportunities for errors or configuration mismatches
between your DGN2200 and the corresponding VPN endpoint gateway or client
workstation.
Note:
NETGEAR publishes additional interoperability scenarios with
various gateway and client software products. Look on the
NETGEAR website at
www.netgear.com
for these interoperability
scenarios.
Set Up a Client-to-Gateway VPN Configuration
Setting up a VPN between a remote PC running the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client and a
network gateway involves these two steps:
Step 1: Configure the Client-to-Gateway VPN Tunnel
on page
98 describes how to use
the VPN Wizard to configure the VPN tunnel between the remote PC and network
gateway.
Step 2: Configure the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client
on page
101 shows how to
configure the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client endpoint.
VPN tunnel
Internet
PC running NETGEAR
ProSafe VPN Client
22.23.24.25
0.0.0.0
IP: 192.168.3.1
Figure 19. Client-to-gateway VPN tunnel
Step 1: Configure the Client-to-Gateway VPN Tunnel
This section describes using the VPN Wizard to set up the VPN tunnel using the VPNC
default parameters listed in
Table
4
on page
97. If you have special requirements not covered
by these VPNC-recommended parameters, see
Set Up VPN Tunnels in Special
Circumstances
on page
118 for information about how to set up the VPN tunnel.
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The following worksheet identifies the parameters used in this procedure, which are
highlighted in blue. For a blank worksheet, see
Plan a VPN
on page
96.
Table 5.
VPN Tunnel Configuration Worksheet
Parameter
Value to Be Entered
Field Selection
Connection Name
RoadWarrior
N/A
Pre-Shared Key
12345678
N/A
Secure Association
N/A
Main Mode
Manual Keys
Perfect Forward secrecy
N/A
Enabled
Disabled
Encryption Protocol
N/A
DES
3DES
Authentication Protocol
N/A
MD5
SHA-1
Diffie-Hellman (DH) Group
N/A
Group 1
Group 2
Key Life in seconds
28800 (8 hours)
N/A
IKE Life Time in seconds
3600 (1 hour)
N/A
VPN Endpoint
Local IPSecID
LAN IP Address
Subnet Mask
FQDN or Gateway
IP (WAN IP
Address)
Client
toGateway
N/A
N/A
Dynamic
Gateway
toClient
192.168.3.1
255.255.255.0
22.23.24.25
To configure a client-to-gateway VPN tunnel using the VPN Wizard:
1.
Select
Advanced - VPN > VPN Wizard
. The following screen displays. Click
Next
.
2.
Fill in the Connection Name and pre-shared key
fields.
The connection name is for convenience and does not affect how the VPN tunnel
functions.
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3.
Select the radio button for the type of target end point, and click
Next
.
4.
Enter the remote IP address and subnet mask, and click
Next
.
The Summary screen displays:
Note:
To view the VPNC-recommended authentication and encryption
settings used by the VPN Wizard, click the
here
link.
5.
Click
Done
. The VPN Policies screen displays, showing that the new tunnel is enabled:

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