Netgear FVS318N User Manual

Click Apply to save your settings. The IKE policy is added to the List of IKE Policies table.

Configure the ProSafe VPN Client for Mode Config Operation

When the Mode Config feature is enabled, the following information is negotiated between 
the VPN client and the wireless VPN firewall during the authentication phase:

Virtual IP address of the VPN client

DNS server address (optional)

WINS server address (optional)

The virtual IP address that is issued by the wireless VPN firewall is displayed in the VPN 
Client Address field on the VPN client’s IPSec pane.

XAUTH Configuration

For more 

information about 
XAUTH and its 
authentication 
modes, see 

on page 239.

Select one of the following radio buttons to specify whether Extended 
Authentication (XAUTH) is enabled, and, if enabled, which device is used to verify 
user account information:

•  None. XAUTH is disabled. This the default setting.

•  Edge Device. The wireless VPN firewall functions as a VPN concentrator on 

which one or more gateway tunnels terminate. The authentication modes that 
are available for this configuration are User Database, RADIUS PAP, and 
RADIUS CHAP.

• IPSec Host. The wireless VPN firewall functions as a VPN client of the remote 

gateway. In this configuration, the wireless VPN firewall is authenticated by a 
remote gateway with a user name and password combination.

Authentication 
Type

For an Edge Device configuration, from the drop-down list, 
select one of the following authentication types:

•  User Database. XAUTH occurs through the wireless VPN 

firewall’s user database. You can add users on the Add User 
screen (see 

•  Radius PAP. XAUTH occurs through RADIUS Password 

Authentication Protocol (PAP). The local user database is 
first checked. If the user account is not present in the local 
user database, the wireless VPN firewall connects to a 
RADIUS server. For more information, see 

• Radius CHAP. XAUTH occurs through RADIUS Challenge 

Handshake Authentication Protocol (CHAP). For more 
information, see 

Username

The user name for XAUTH.

Password

The password for XAUTH.