User's Manual

Reference Manual for the Model FVM318 Cable/DSL ProSafe Wireless VPN Security Firewall
Virtual Private Networking 4-11
Procedure 4-2: Check the VPN Connection
To check the VPN Connection, you can initiate a request from one network to the other. If one
FVS318 has a dynamically assigned WAN IP address, you must initiate the request from that
FVS318’s network. The simplest method is to ping the LAN IP address of the other FVS318.
1. Using our example, from a PC attached to the FVS318 on LAN A, on the Windows taskbar
click the Start button, and then click Run.
2. Type ping -t 192.168.0.1 , and then click OK.
Figure 4-9: Running a Ping test from Windows
3. This will cause a continuous ping to be sent to the first FVS318. After between several
seconds and two minutes, the ping response should change from “timed out” to “reply.”
Figure 4-10: Ping test results
At this point the connection is established.
Using the VPN Connection
Now that your VPN connection is working, whenever a PC on the second LAN needs to access an
IP address on the first LAN, the firewalls will automatically establish the connection.
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