ProSafe 802.11g Wireless VPN Firewall FVG318 Reference Manual
5-24 Basic Virtual Private Networking
v1.0, September 2007
To activate the VPN tunnel by pinging the remote endpoint, select your configuration (either
client-to-gateway or gateway-to-gateway):
•Client-to-Gateway Configuration – to check the VPN Connection, you can initiate a request
from the remote PC to the FVG318’s network by using the “Connect” option in the
NETGEAR ProSafe menu bar. The NETGEAR ProSafe client will report the results of the
attempt to connect. Since the remote PC has a dynamically assigned WAN IP address, it must
initiate the request.
To perform a ping test using our example, start from the remote PC:
a. Establish an Internet connection from the PC.
b. On the Windows task bar, click the Start button, and then click Run.
c. Type ping -t 192.168.3.1 and then click OK.
This will cause a continuous ping to be sent to the first FVG318. Within two minutes, the
ping response should change from “timed out” to “reply.”
Note: This section uses 192.168.3.1 for an example remote endpoint LAN IP address.
Figure 5-29
Note: Use Ctrl-C to stop the pinging.