Virtual Private Networking Using IPv4 IPSec and L2TP Connections
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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
• Use the system-tray icon. Right-click the system tray icon, and select Open tunnel
‘Tunnel’.
Figure 104.
Whichever way you choose to open the tunnel, when the tunnel opens successfully, the
Tunnel opened message displays above the system tray:
Figure 105.
Once launched, the VPN client displays an icon in the system tray that indicates whether or
not a tunnel is opened, using a color code:
Figure 106.
NETGEAR VPN Client Status and Log Information
To view detailed negotiation and error information on the NETGEAR VPN client:
Right-click the VPN client icon in th
e system tray, and select Console. The VPN Client
Console Active screen displays.
Purple icon:
no VPN tunnel opened
Green icon:
at least one VPN tunnel opened