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

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This chapter describes how to use the virtual private networking (VPN) features of the VPN 
firewall. VPN communications paths are called tunnels. VPN tunnels provide secure, encrypted 
communications between your local network and a remote network or computer. 

The VPN information is organized as follows:

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 provides an overview of the two most 

common VPN configurations: client-to-gateway and gateway-to-gateway.

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parameters set by the VPN Wizard.

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tunnel: VPN Wizard (recommended for most situations) and Advanced (see 

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 provides the steps needed 

to configure a VPN tunnel between a remote PC and a network gateway using the VPN 
Wizard and the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client.

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 provides the steps 

needed to configure a VPN tunnel between two network gateways using the VPN Wizard.

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 provides the step-by-step procedures for 

activating, verifying, deactivating, and deleting a VPN tunnel once the VPN tunnel has been 
configured.

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VPN tunnels when there are special circumstances and the VPNC recommended defaults of 
the VPN Wizard are inappropriate. 

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“Virtual Private Networking (VPN)” in 

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Virtual Private Networking (VPN) Internet Protocol security (IPSec). IPSec is one of the 
most complete, secure, and commercially available, standards-based protocols developed 
for transporting data.