Netgear FVS318v1 – Prosafe Wireless N VPN Firewall Reference Manual

Virtual Private Networking

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— Manual Keys: Does not use IKE. Rather, you manually enter all the authentication and 

key parameters. You have more control over the process however the process is much 
more complex and there are more opportunities for errors or configuration mismatches 
between you FVS318 and the corresponding VPN endpoint gateway or client workstation.

You need to configure matching VPN settings on both VPN endpoints. The outbound VPN 
settings on one end must match to the inbound VPN settings on other end, and vice versa.

All VPN tunnels on the FVS318 VPN Firewall require configuring the same network parameters. 
This section describes those parameters and how to access them. 

Click the VPN Settings link of the Setup section of the main menu, click the radio button of a VPN 
tunnel on the VPN Settings menu, and then click the Edit button to display the default Main Mode 
menu shown in 

. The kinds of network connection information you provide are the same 

for the Main Mode, Aggressive Mode, and Manual Keys options.