Netgear FVS318v1 – Prosafe Wireless N VPN Firewall Reference Manual

Virtual Private Networking

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When you set up a VPN, it is helpful to plan the network configuration and record the 
configuration parameters on a worksheet. These topics are discussed below.

When you set up a VPN, it is helpful to plan the network configuration and record the 
configuration parameters on a worksheet. These topics are discussed below and a blank 
worksheets are provided at the end of this chapter on 

To set up a VPN connection, you must configure each endpoint with specific identification and 
connection information describing the other endpoint. You must configure the outbound VPN 
settings on one end to match the inbound VPN settings on other end, and vice versa.

This set of configuration information defines a security association (SA) between the two points. 
When planning your VPN, you must make a few choices first:

Authentication Protocol

Use this drop-down list to select the authentication protocol: 
• MD5 - the default
• SHA1 - more secure

Authentication Key

Enter the key. 
• For MD5, the key should be 16 characters. 
• For SHA-1, the key should be 20 characters. 
Any value is acceptable, provided the remote VPN endpoint has the same value 
in its Authentication Protocol Key field.

Key Life

The default is 3600 seconds (one hour).

IKE Life Time

At the end of this time, the connection will drop, the security association will be 
re-established, and the connection will be reactivated. The default is 28800 
seconds (eight hours).

NETBIOS Enable 

If you need to run Microsoft networking functions such as Network 
Neighborhood, click the NETBIOS Enable check box.

NETGEAR will publish additional interoperability scenarios with various 

gateway and client software products. Look on the NETGEAR web site at 
www.netgear.com/docs/ for the HTML version of this manual.