NETGEAR DG834 V3 Verifying the Status of a VPN Tunnel, Start Using a VPN Tunnel to Active It

Reference Manual for the ADSL Modem Router DG834 v3

Figure 6-33

Once the connection is established, you can open the browser of the PC and enter the LAN IP address of the remote DG834 v3. After a short wait, you should see the login screen of the Modem Router (unless another PC already has the DG834 v3 management interface open).

•Gateway-to-GatewayConfiguration—test the VPN tunnel by pinging the remote network from a PC attached to the DG834 v3.

a.Open command prompt (i.e., Start -> Run -> cmd).

b.ping 192.168.3.1.

Figure 6-34

Note: The pings may fail the first time. If so, then try the pings a second time.

Start Using a VPN Tunnel to Active It

To use a VPN tunnel, use a Web browser to go to a URL whose IP address or range is covered by the policy for that VPN tunnel.

Verifying the Status of a VPN Tunnel

To use the VPN Status page to determine the status of a VPN tunnel, perform the following steps:

1.Log in to the Modem Router.

2.Open the DG834 v3 management interface and click on VPN Status to get the VPN Status/Log screen (Figure 6-35).

6-30 Virtual Private Networking (Advanced Feature)

v1.1, October 2006