NETGEAR FVS114 Router Manual PDF (Setup & Configuration Guide)

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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall FVS114

Basic Virtual Private Networking

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After you have configured and saved the VPN client information, your PC will automatically

open the VPN connection when you attempt to access any IP addresses in the range of the

remote VPN firewall’s LAN.

8.

Check the VPN Connection.

To check the VPN Connection, you can initiate a request from the remote PC to the FVS114’s

network by using the “Connect” option in the NETGEAR ProSafe menu bar. The NETGEAR

ProSafe client will report the results of the attempt to connect. Since the remote PC has a

dynamically assigned WAN IP address, it must initiate the request.

To perform a ping test using our example, start from the remote PC:

a.

Establish an Internet connection from the PC.

b.

On the Windows taskbar, click the

Start

button, and then click

Run

.

c.

Type

ping -t 192.168.3.1

, and then click

OK

.

Figure 5-16:

Running a Ping test to the LAN from the PC

This will cause a continuous ping to be sent to the first FVS114. After between several

seconds and two minutes, the ping response should change from “timed out” to “reply.”

Figure 5-17:

Ping test results

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Once the connection is established, you can open the browser of the PC and enter the LAN IP

address of the remote FVS114. After a short wait, you should see the login screen of the VPN

Firewall (unless another PC already has the FVS114 management interface open).

Monitoring the Progress and Status of the VPN Client Connection

Information on the progress and status of the VPN client connection can be viewed by opening the

NETGEAR ProSafe Log Viewer.

1.

To launch this function, click on the

Windows Start

button, then select

Programs

, then

NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client

, then

Log Viewer

.

The Log Viewer screen for a similar successful connection is shown below:

Figure 5-18:

Log Viewer screen

Note:

Use the active VPN tunnel information and pings to determine whether a failed

connection is due to the VPN tunnel or some reason outside the VPN tunnel.

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2.

The Connection Monitor screen for a similar connection is shown below:

Figure 5-19:

Connection Monitor screen

In this example you can see the following:

•

The FVS114 has a public IP WAN address of 22.23.24.25.

•

The FVS114 has a LAN IP address of 192.168.3.1.

•

The VPN client PC has a dynamically assigned address of 192.168.2.2.

While the connection is being established, the Connection Name field in this menu will say “SA”

before the name of the connection. When the connection is successful, the “SA” will change to the

yellow key symbol shown in the illustration above.

Transferring a Security Policy to Another Client

This section explains how to export and import a security policy as an

.spd

file so that an existing

NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client configuration can be copied to other PCs running the NETGEAR

ProSafe VPN Client.

Exporting a Security Policy

The following procedure (

Figure 5-20

) enables you to export a security policy as an

.spd

file.

Note:

While your PC is connected to a remote LAN through a VPN, you might not have

normal Internet access. If this is the case, you will need to close the VPN connection in

order to have normal Internet access.

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Figure 5-20:

Exporting a security policy

Importing a Security Policy

The following procedure (

Figure 5-21

) enables you to import an existing security policy.

Step 1

: Select

Export Security Policy

from

the

File

pulldown.

Step 2

: Click

Export

once you decide the name of the file

and directory where you want to store the client policy.

In this example, the exported policy is named

policy.spd

and is being stored on the C drive.

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Figure 5-21:

Importing a security policy

Step 1

: Invoke the NETGEAR ProSafe

VPN Client and select

Import Security

Policy

from the

File

pulldown.

Step 2

: Select the security policy to import.

In this example, the security policy file is

named

FVS114_clientpolicy_direct.spd

and located on the Desktop.

The security policy is now imported.

In this example, the connection name is

Scenario_1

.

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