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

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Sample VPN Configurations with FVS318v3

You can test connectivity and view VPN status information on the FVS318v3 and FVL328 
according to the testing flowchart shown in 

A LAN, do the following:

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

Gateway A and FVL328 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 FVL328. 

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

5. Test 3: View VPN Tunnel Status: To view the FVS318v3 and FVL328 event log and status of 

Security Associations, go to the FVS318v3 main menu VPN section and click the VPN Status 
link. For the FVL328, click VPN Status on the VPN Status/Log screen.