NETGEAR FVS318N Modem User Manual


 
Virtual Private Networking Using IPSec and L2TP Connections
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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
Figure 141.
Each policy contains the data that are explained in the following table. These fields are
explained in more detail in Table 54 on p
age 235.
Table 53. VPN Policies screen information for IPv4 and IPv6
Item Description
! (Status) Indicates whether the policy is enabled (green circle) or disabled (gray circle). To enable
or disable a policy, select the check box to the left of the circle, and click the Enable or
Disable table button, as appropriate.
Name The name that identifies the VPN policy. When you use the
VPN Wizard to create a VPN
policy, the name of the VPN policy (and of the automatically created accompanying IKE
policy) is the connection name.
Type Auto or Manual as described previously (Auto
is used during VPN Wizard configuration).
Local IP address (either a single address, range of address, or subnet address) on your LAN.
T
raffic needs to be from (or to) these addresses to be covered by this policy. (The subnet
address is supplied as the default IP address when you are using the VPN Wizard.)
Remote IP address or address range of the remote network. T
raffic needs to be to (or from) these
addresses to be covered by this policy. (The VPN Wizard default requires the remote
LAN IP address and subnet mask.)
Auth The authentication algorithm that is used for the VPN tun
nel. This setting needs to match
the setting on the remote endpoint.
Encr The encryption algorithm that is used for the VPN tunnel. This setting needs to match the
setting on the remote endpoint.