Netgear FVS318Gv2 – ProSAFE VPN Firewall Series Reference Manual

Click the Apply button.

Your changes are saved.

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Log in to the unit:
a. In the address field of any of the qualified web browsers, enter https://192.168.1.1.

The NETGEAR Configuration Manager Login screen displays. 

b.  In the Username field, enter admin and in the Password / Passcode field, enter 

password.

Use lowercase letters. If you changed the password, enter your personalized 
password. Leave the domain as it is (geardomain).

c.  Click the Login button.

The Router Status screen displays. After five minutes of inactivity, which is the default 
login time-out, you are automatically logged out.

Select VPN > IPSec VPN > VPN Policies. 

The VPN Policies screen displays the IPv4 settings.

Specify the IP version for which you want to edit a VPN policy:

IPv4. In the upper right of the screen, the IPv4 radio button is already selected by 
default. Go to 

IPv6. Select the IPv6 radio button. The VPN Policies screen for IPv6 displays.

In the List of VPN Policies table, to the right of the VPN policy that you want to edit, click the 

Edit table button. 

Integrity Algorithm

From the list, select the algorithm to be used in the VPN header for the 
authentication process:

SHA-1.  Hash algorithm  that produces a 160-bit  digest.  This is  the  default 
setting.

MD5.  Hash  algorithm  that  produces  a  128-bit  digest.

PFS Key Group

Select this check box to enable Perfect Forward Secrecy (PFS), and select a 
Diffie-Hellman (DH) group from the list. The DH group sets the strength of the 
algorithm in bits. The higher the group, the more secure the exchange. From the 
list, select the strength:

Group  1  (768  bit). 

Group  2  (1024  bit).  This  is  the  default  setting.

Group  5  (1536  bit). 

Select IKE Policy

Select an existing IKE policy that defines the characteristics of the Phase-1 
negotiation. To display the selected IKE policy, click the View Selected button.