Transferring A Security Policy To Another Client; Exporting A Security Policy - NETGEAR FVS318 - ProSafe VPN Firewall Router Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall FVS318v3
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.
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.

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: Exporting a security policy
5-18
(Figure 5-20) enables you to export a security policy as an .spd file.
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.
January 2005
Basic Virtual Private Networking