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ProSafe Dual WAN Gigabit Firewall with SSL & IPsec VPN FVS336Gv2 Reference Manual
7. The public Remote and Local Identifier are automatically filled in by pre-pending the
first several letters of the model number of your gateway to form FQDNs used in the
VPN policies. In this example, we are using GW1_remote.com, and GW1_local.com.
Tip: To assure tunnels stay active, after completing the wizard, manually edit
the VPN policy to enable keepalive which periodically sends ping
packets to the host on the peer side of the network to keep the tunnel
alive.
8. Click Apply to save your settings: the VPN Policies screen shows the policy is now
enabled.
Use the NETGEAR VPN Client Security Policy Editor to Create a Secure
Connection
From a PC with the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client installed, configure a VPN client policy to
connect to the VPN firewall.
To configure your VPN client:
1. Right-click on the VPN client icon in your Windows toolbar, choose Security Policy
Editor, and verify that the Options > Secure > Specified Connections selection is
enabled.
Figure 5-7 Verifying the Specified Connections setting in Windows
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