Initiating And Checking The Vpn Connections - NETGEAR ProSafe FVG318 Reference Manual

Reference Manual for the ProSafe Wireless 802.11g VPN Firewall Model FVG318

Initiating and Checking the VPN Connections

You can test connectivity and view VPN status information on the FVG318 according to the
testing flowchart shown in
LAN, do the following:
1. Test 1: Ping Remote LAN IP Address: To establish the connection between the FVG318
Gateway A and Gateway B tunnel endpoints, perform these steps at Gateway A:
a. From a Windows PC attached to the FVG318 on LAN A, click the Start button on the
taskbar and then click Run.
b. Type ping -t 172.23.9.1, and then click OK (you would type ping -t 10.5.6.1 if testing
from Gateway B).
c. This will cause a continuous ping to be sent to the LAN interface of Gateway B. Within
two minutes, the ping response should change from timed out to reply.
At this point the VPN-tunnel-endpoint-to-VPN-tunnel-endpoint connection is established.
2. Test 2: Ping Remote WAN IP Address (if Test 1 fails): To test connectivity between the
Gateway A and Gateway B WAN ports, follow these steps:
a. Log in to the router on LAN A, go to the main menu Maintenance section, and click the
Diagnostics link.
b. To test connectivity to the WAN port of Gateway B, enter 22.23.24.25, and then click
Ping (you would enter 14.15.16.17 if testing from Gateway B).
c. This causes a ping to be sent to the WAN interface of Gateway B. Within two minutes, the
ping response should change from timed out to reply. You may have to run this test several
times before you get the reply message back from the target FVG318.
d. At this point the gateway-to-gateway connection is verified.
3. Test 3: View VPN Tunnel Status: To view the FVG318 event log and status of Security
Associations, follow these steps:
a. Go to the FVG318 main menu VPN section and click the VPN Status link.
VPN Configuration of NETGEAR FVG318
Figure B-4 on page B-5. To test the VPN tunnel from the Gateway A
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