Verifying The Status Of A Vpn Tunnel - NETGEAR DG834 Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the ADSL Modem Router DG834
Figure 7-33
Once the connection is established, you can open the browser of the PC and enter the LAN IP
address of the remote DG834 v3. After a short wait, you should see the login screen of the
Modem Router (unless another PC already has the DG834 v3 management interface open).
• Gateway-to-Gateway Configuration—test the VPN tunnel by pinging the remote network
from a PC attached to the DG834 v3.
a. Open command prompt (i.e., Start -> Run -> cmd).
b. ping 192.168.3.1.
Figure 7-34
Note: The pings may fail the first time. If so, then try the pings a second time.
Start Using a VPN Tunnel to Active It
To use a VPN tunnel, use a Web browser to go to a URL whose IP address or range is covered by
the policy for that VPN tunnel.

Verifying the Status of a VPN Tunnel

To use the VPN Status page to determine the status of a VPN tunnel, perform the following steps:
1. Log in to the Modem Router.
2. Open the DG834 v3 management interface and click on VPN Status to get the VPN Status/Log
screen (Figure 7-35).
7-30 Virtual Private Networking (Advanced Feature)
v2.3, May 2007