Vpn Tunnel Configuration; How To Set Up A Client-To-Gateway Vpn Configuration - NETGEAR DG834 Reference Manual

• What level of authentication will you use?
— MDS: 128 bits, faster but less secure.
— SHA-1: 160 bits, slower but more secure.
Note: NETGEAR publishes additional interoperability scenarios with various gateway
and client software products. Look on the NETGEAR web site at
www.netgear.com

VPN Tunnel Configuration

There are two tunnel configurations and three ways to configure them:
• Use the VPN Wizard to configure a VPN tunnel (recommended for most situations):
— See "How to Set Up a Client-to-Gateway VPN Configuration" on page
— See "How to Set Up a Gateway-to-Gateway VPN Configuration" on page
• See "Using Auto Policy to Configure VPN Tunnels" on page 7-36
its VPNC defaults (see
circumstances, but you want to automate the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) setup.
• See "Using Manual Policy to Configure VPN Tunnels" on page 7-47
and its VPNC defaults (see
circumstances and you must specify each phase of the connection. You manually enter all the
authentication and key parameters. You have more control over the process, however the
process is more complex and there are more opportunities for errors or configuration
mismatches between your DG834 and the corresponding VPN endpoint gateway or client
workstation.

How to Set Up a Client-to-Gateway VPN Configuration

Setting up a VPN between a remote PC running the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client and a
network gateway (see
• "Step 1: Configuring the Client-to-Gateway VPN Tunnel on the DG834" on page 7-6
VPN Wizard to configure the VPN tunnel between the remote PC and network gateway.
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for these interoperability scenarios.
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Table 7-2 on page
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