Test The Connection And View Connection And Status Information; Test The Netgear Vpn Client Connection - NETGEAR SRX5308 Reference Manual

• Encryption (IPSec), Default. The default lifetime value is 1200 seconds. Change this
setting to 3600 seconds to match the configuration of the VPN firewall.
3. Click Apply to use the new settings immediately, and click Save to keep the settings for
future use.
The VPN firewall configuration is now complete.
Test the Connection and View Connection and Status
Information
Both the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client and the VPN firewall provide VPN connection and
status information. This information is useful for verifying the status of a connection and
troubleshooting problems with a connection.

Test the NETGEAR VPN Client Connection

There are many ways to establish a connection. The following procedures assume that you
use the default authentication phase name Gateway and the default IPSec configuration
name Tunnel. If you manually set up the connection and changed the names, use vpn_client
(or any other name that you have configured) as the authentication phase name and
netgear_platform (or any other name that you have configured) as the IPSec configuration
name.
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To establish a connection, use one of the following three methods:
• Use the Configuration Panel screen. In the tree list pane of the Configuration Panel
screen, perform one of the following tasks:
- Click the Tunnel IPSec configuration name, and press Ctrl+O.
- Right-click the Tunnel IPSec configuration name, and select Open tunnel.
Figure 96.
• Use the Connection Panel screen. On the main menu of the Configuration Panel
screen, select Tools > Connection Panel to open the Connection Panel screen.
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