Netgear FVS318v3 – Cable/DSL ProSafe VPN Firewall with 8-Port Switch Reference Manual

Sample VPN Configurations with FVS318v3

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You can test connectivity and view VPN status information on the FVS318v3 according to the 
testing flowchart shown in 

following:

1. Test 1: Ping Remote LAN IP Address: To establish the connection between the FVS318v3 

Gateway A and Gateway B tunnel endpoints, perform these steps at Gateway A:

a. From a Windows PC attached to the FVS318v3 on LAN A, click the Start button on the 

taskbar and then click Run.

b. Type  ping -t  172.23.9.1, and then click OK (you would type ping -t  10.5.6.1 if testing 

from Gateway B).

c. This will cause a continuous ping to be sent to the LAN interface of Gateway B. Within 

two minutes, the ping response should change from timed out to reply.

At this point the VPN-tunnel-endpoint-to-VPN-tunnel-endpoint connection is established. 

4. Test 2: Ping Remote WAN IP Address (if Test 1 fails): To test connectivity between the 

Gateway A and Gateway B WAN ports, follow these steps:

a. Log in to the router on LAN A, go to the main menu Maintenance section, and click the 

Diagnostics link.

b. To test connectivity to the WAN port of Gateway B, enter  22.23.24.25, and then click 

Ping (you would enter 14.15.16.17 if testing from Gateway B).

c. This causes a ping to be sent to the WAN interface of Gateway B. Within two minutes, the 

ping response should change from timed out to reply. You may have to run this test several 
times before you get the reply message back from the target FVS318v3. 

d. At this point the gateway-to-gateway connection is verified. 

5. Test 3: View VPN Tunnel Status: To view the FVS318v3 event log and status of Security 

Associations, follow these steps:

a. Go to the FVS318v3 main menu VPN section and click the VPN Status link.

b. The log screen displays a history of the VPN connections, and the IPSec SA and IKE SA 

tables report the status and data transmission statistics of the VPN tunnels for each policy.