Netgear FWG114Pv1 FWG114P Reference Manual - Page 145

Reference Manual for the ProSafe Wireless 802.11g Firewall/Print Server Model FWG114P Testing the VPN Connection You can test the VPN connection in several ways: • From the client PC to the FWG114P • From the FWG114P to the client PC These procedures are explained below. Note: Virus protection or firewall software can interfere with VPN communications. Be sure such software is not running on the remote PC with the Netgear ProSafe VPN Client and that the firewall features of the FWG114P are not set in such a way as to prevent VPN communications. From the Client PC to the FWG114P To check the VPN Connection, you can initiate a request from the remote PC to the FWG114P by using the "Connect" option of the FWG114P Wireless Firewall/Print Server popup menu. 1. Open the popup menu by right-clicking on the system tray icon. 2. Select Connect to open the My Connections list. 3. Choose FWG114P. The FWG114P Wireless Firewall/Print Server will report the results of the attempt to connect. Once the connection is established, you can access resources of the network connected to the FWG114P. Another method is to ping from the remote PC to the LAN IP address of the FWG114P. To perform a ping test using our example, start from the remote PC: 1. Establish an Internet connection from the PC. 2. On the Windows taskbar, click the Start button, and then click Run. 3. Type ping -t 192.168.0.1 and click OK. This will cause a continuous ping to be sent to the first FWG114P. After a period of up to two minutes, the ping response should change from "timed out" to "reply." Virtual Private Networking March 2004, 202-10027-01 8-45