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6. Virtual Private Networking	6
Using IPSec and L2TP Connections

This chapter describes how to use the IP security (IPSec) virtual private networking (VPN) features of the wireless VPN firewall to provide secure, encrypted communications between your local network and a remote network or computer. The chapter contains the following sections:

•Use the IPSec VPN Wizard for Client and Gateway Configurations

•Test the Connection and View Connection and Status Information

•Manage IPSec VPN Policies

•Configure Extended Authentication (XAUTH)

•Assign IPv4 Addresses to Remote Users (Mode Config)

•Configure Keep-Alives and Dead Peer Detection

•Configure NetBIOS Bridging with IPSec VPN

•Configure the L2TP Server

Use the IPSec VPN Wizard for Client and Gateway Configurations

You can use the IPSec VPN Wizard to configure multiple gateway or client VPN tunnel policies.

The following sections provide wizard and NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client software configuration procedures:

•Create an IPv4 Gateway-to-Gateway VPN Tunnel with the Wizard on page 195

•Create an IPv6 Gateway-to-Gateway VPN Tunnel with the Wizard on page 199

•Create an IPv4 Client-to-Gateway VPN Tunnel with the Wizard on page 203

Note: Although the wireless VPN firewall supports IPv6, the NETGEAR

ProSafe VPN Client supports IPv4 only; an upcoming release of the

VPN Client will support IPv6.

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