Appendix B

Linksys QuickVPN for Windows 2000, XP, or Vista

Appendix B:

Linksys QuickVPN Instructions

Linksys QuickVPN for

how to do the following for each QuickVPN client, using

Windows 2000, XP, or Vista

This appendix has two sections. The first section explains

the Router’s web-based utility:

 

 

 

 

1. Export a client certificate.

 

 

Introduction

2. Configure a user name and password.

3. Add the QuickVPN client to the list.

The 10/100 4-Port VPN Router (model number: RV042)

The second section explains how to install and use Linksys

supports IPSec VPN client software, including the Linksys

QuickVPN, which works on computers running Windows

QuickVPN software (also known as the Linksys VPN

2000, XP, or Vista. (Computers using other operating systems

client).

will have to use third-party VPN software.) For Windows

The Router supports up to 50 Linksys QuickVPN clients

Vista, QuickVPN version 1.2.5 or later is required.

free of charge. If the Router you have only supports

Router Configuration

up to ten clients, then upgrade its firmware. Refer to

“Appendix F: Firmware Upgrade” for instructions.

 

 

 

 

 

Computer (using VPN client software) to

Export a Client Certificate from the Router

 

 

 

 

 

VPN Router

1. For local access of the Router’s web-based utility,

You can create a VPN tunnel between a computer using

launch your web browser, and enter the Router’s

default IP address, 192.168.1.1, in the Address field.

VPN client software and a VPN router. The following is

Press the Enter key.

an example of a computer-to-VPN Router VPN. In her

 

 

 

 

 

hotel room, a traveling businesswoman connects to her

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Internet Service Provider (ISP). Her notebook computer

 

 

 

 

 

has VPN client software that is configured with her

 

 

Address Bar

 

office’s VPN settings. She accesses the VPN client software

 

 

 

 

 

and connects to the VPN Router at the central office. As

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE: If the Remote Management feature on

VPNs use the Internet, distance is not a factor. Using the

 

 

the Firewall > General screen has been enabled,

VPN, the businesswoman now has a secure connection

 

 

then users with administrative privileges can

to the central office’s network, as if she were physically

 

 

remotely access the web-based utility. Use

connected.

 

 

http://<WAN IP address of the Router>, or

 

 

 

Off-Site

 

use https://<WAN IP address of the Router> if

 

 

 

you have enabled the HTTPS feature.

Internet

 

 

 

 

 

2. A login screen prompts you for your User name and

 

 

 

 

Password. Enter admin in the User name field, and

 

 

enter admin in the Password field. (You can change

 

 

the Password on the Setup > Password screen.) Then

Notebook with VPN

click OK.

Client Software

 

 

 

 

 

VPN

Central Office

Router

 

Computer to VPN Router

 

Login Screen

10/100 4-Port VPN Router

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