Basic Virtual Private Networking - NETGEAR FVG318 Reference Manual

This chapter describes how to use the virtual private networking (VPN) features of the VPN
firewall. VPN communications paths are called tunnels. VPN tunnels provide secure, encrypted
communications between your local network and a remote network or computer.
The VPN information is organized as follows:
• "Overview of VPN Configuration" on page 5-2
common VPN configurations: client-to-gateway and gateway-to-gateway.
• "Planning a VPN" on page 5-3
parameters set by the VPN Wizard.
• "VPN Tunnel Configuration" on page 5-4
tunnel: VPN Wizard (recommended for most situations) and Advanced (see
"Advanced Virtual Private
• "Setting Up a Client-to-Gateway VPN Configuration" on page 5-5
to configure a VPN tunnel between a remote PC and a network gateway using the VPN
Wizard and the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client.
• "Setting Up a Gateway-to-Gateway VPN Configuration" on page 5-19
needed to configure a VPN tunnel between two network gateways using the VPN Wizard.
• "Activating a VPN Tunnel" on page 5-23
verifying, deactivating, and deleting a VPN tunnel once the VPN tunnel has been configured.
• Chapter 6, "Advanced Virtual Private
VPN tunnels when there are special circumstances and the VPNC recommended defaults of
the VPN Wizard are inappropriate.
• Appendix B, "Related
discusses Virtual Private Networking (VPN) Internet Protocol security (IPSec). IPSec is one of
the most complete, secure, and commercially available, standards-based protocols developed
for transporting data.
• Appendix C, "VPN Configuration of NETGEAR
configure a secure IPSec VPN tunnel from a NETGEAR FVG318 to a FVL328. This case
study follows the VPN Consortium interoperability profile guidelines (found at
http://www.vpnc.org/InteropProfiles/Interop-01.html).

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