NETGEAR fvs114 Monitoring the Progress and Status of the VPN Client Connection

Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall FVS114
5-16 Basic Virtual Private Networking
202-10098-01, April 2005
Once the connection is established, you can open the browser of the PC and enter the LAN IP
address of the remote FVS114. After a short wait, you should see the login screen of the VPN
Firewall (unless another PC already has the FVS114 management interface open).
Monitoring the Progress and Status of the VPN Client Connection
Information on the progress and status of the VPN client connection can be viewed by opening the
NETGEAR ProSafe Log Viewer.
1. To launch this function, click on the Windows Start button, then select Programs, then
NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client, then Log Viewer.
The Log Viewer screen for a similar successful connection is shown below:
Figure 5-18: Log Viewer screen
Note: Use the active VPN tunnel information and pings to determine whether a failed
connection is due to the VPN tunnel or some reason outside the VPN tunnel.