NETGEAR FVX538, FVX538NA Manually Assigning IP Addresses to Remote Users (ModeConfig)

ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual

Virtual Private Networking 5-37

v1.0, August 2006

9. Click Reset to cancel any changes and revert to the previous settings.

10. Click Apply to save the settings.

Manually Assigning IP Addresses to Remote Users

To simply the process of connecting remote VPN clients to the FVX538, the ModeConfig module

can be used to assign IP addresses to remote users, including a netw ork access IP address, subnet

mask, and name server addresses from the router . Remote users are given IP addresses available in

secured network space so that remote users appear as seamless extensions of the network.

In the following example, we configured the VPN firewall using ModeConfig, and then

configured a PC running ProSafe VPN Client software using these IP addresses.

• NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Firewall 200

– WAN IP address: 172.21.4.1

– LAN IP address/subnet: 192.168.2.1/25 5.255.255.0

• NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client software IP address: 192.168.1.2

After IKE Phase 1 is complete, the VPN connection initiator (remote user/client) asks for IP

configuration parameters such as IP address, subnet mask and name server addresses. The Mode

Config module will allocate an IP address from the configured IP address pool and will activate a

temporary IPSec policy using the template security proposal information configured in the Mode

Config record.

Note: Selection of the Authentication Protocol, usually PAP or CHAP, is configured

on the individual IKE policy screens.

Note: After configuring a Mode Config record, you must go to the IKE Policies menu

and configure an IKE policy using the newly-created Mode Config record as the

Remote Host Configuration Record. The VPN Policies menu does not need to be

edited.