This is part of their premium support package BUT I don't feel like giving money to Netgear Technical Support when they should be providing this information documentation/service to us for free. Can anyone provide me with any sort of documentation on how to configure a VPN connection using the Cisco VPN Client v4.0 to a Netgear FVS318 (firmware v1.4). The Cisco Client is running on a Windows XP Pro box.
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Cisco VPN Client v4.0 to Netgear FVS318 v1.4
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Here is the version text from the "About" window:
-Cisco Systems VPN Client Version 4.0(Rel)
-Client Types(s): Windows,WinNT
I don't want to pay Netgear $XX per minute just to tell me that it won't work.
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According to the help file under "VPN Client IPSec Attributes", The VPN Client supports the IPSec attributes listed below:
Authentication algorithms
-HMAC (Hashed Message Authentication Coding) with MD5 (Message Digest 5) hash function
-HMAC with SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm) hash function
Authentication Modes
-Preshared Keys
-X.509 Digital Certificates
Diffie-Hellman Groups
-1
-2
-5
Encryption algorithms
-56-bit DES (Data Encryption Standard)
-168-bit Triple-DES
-AES 128-bit and 256-bit
Extended Authentication (XAUTH)
-The capability of authenticating a user within IKE. This authentication is in addition to the normal IKE phase 1 authentication, where the IPSec devices authenticate each other. The extended authentication exchange within IKE does not replace the existing IKE authentication.
Mode Configuration
-Also known as ISAKMP Configuration Method
Tunnel Encapsulation Modes
-IPSec over UDP (NAT/PAT)
-IPSec over TCP (NAT/PAT)
-IPSec over NAT-T
IP compression (IPCOMP) using LZS
-Data compression algorithm
-Cisco Systems VPN Client Version 4.0(Rel)
-Client Types(s): Windows,WinNT
I don't want to pay Netgear $XX per minute just to tell me that it won't work.
--------------
According to the help file under "VPN Client IPSec Attributes", The VPN Client supports the IPSec attributes listed below:
Authentication algorithms
-HMAC (Hashed Message Authentication Coding) with MD5 (Message Digest 5) hash function
-HMAC with SHA-1 (Secure Hash Algorithm) hash function
Authentication Modes
-Preshared Keys
-X.509 Digital Certificates
Diffie-Hellman Groups
-1
-2
-5
Encryption algorithms
-56-bit DES (Data Encryption Standard)
-168-bit Triple-DES
-AES 128-bit and 256-bit
Extended Authentication (XAUTH)
-The capability of authenticating a user within IKE. This authentication is in addition to the normal IKE phase 1 authentication, where the IPSec devices authenticate each other. The extended authentication exchange within IKE does not replace the existing IKE authentication.
Mode Configuration
-Also known as ISAKMP Configuration Method
Tunnel Encapsulation Modes
-IPSec over UDP (NAT/PAT)
-IPSec over TCP (NAT/PAT)
-IPSec over NAT-T
IP compression (IPCOMP) using LZS
-Data compression algorithm
I've given it a quick try using a 3.6.3 and v1.3 setup but didn't get much of anything. One would assume that it could be done but I can't burn any more time on this... I'd love to hear about any info, configs that people get on this though.
Side note, is the VPN v4 a free download? I have not been able to find it anywhere or any reference to it for purchase or free...
//RB
Side note, is the VPN v4 a free download? I have not been able to find it anywhere or any reference to it for purchase or free...
//RB
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Thanks for trying.... I just dowloaded V4.0.2(D), updated on Aug 28th, and it is not a free download. As Cisco states: Customers with SMARTnet(tm) support contracts and encryption entitlement may download the VPN Client free of charge at the following URL:
Although IPSec is a standard I don´t think the VPN client will connect to non-cisco devices. I believe it was designed to work with Cisco devices only. In case you want to give it a try, it does aggressive mode only and it does not suport the DES-SHA combination, but it supports SHA with 3DES. AES is also supported on recent releases. I don´t think the TAC supports the VPN client with non-cisco devices but I may be wrong. Any feedback guys?
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