Hi All,

I have been using FVS318 v1 and v2 routers for a while for VPN tunnels
between client sites and they work great, as does the SafeNet 10 software. I
cannot for the life of me get FVS318v3 to FVS318v1 tunnel to connect. I have
tried to update the firmware, used FQDN and IP addresses, I notice that the
v1 and v2 don't seem to use authentication and the v 3 seems to require it.
I wish Netgear had never changed the interface or come up with the "Wizard".
I could set up two of the old routers with a tunnel in about ½ an hour. I
have been beating on this thing for a week. I have even replaced routers. Is
there a comprehensive document that discusses the settings between FVS318v3
and FVS318v1? I am at a loss.



Thanks,



Bill Lobb

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Shoot - I just did a search, and this post from yesterday came up.  I'm in t
he exact same boat - what a huge PIA!  My time is worth big bucks though - I
've already spent about an hour trying to mess around with this, I'm going t
o call Netgear Premium Support (1-800-448-1696).  It's per incident at $45, 
which seems cheap to me compared to Microsoft's $245.

Still, I shouldn't have to pay $45 at all...

-Wayne

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Hi Wayne,

did you get it running? I've installed over 40 FVS318 without any problem. A
lso connecting to Netscreen is no big deal. Until I got my first FVS318v. I 
can get a tunnel up and running I can ping, even a telnet session starts to 
work .... a simple listening however freezes the connection.... So did you m
anage to get it working?  B.t.w. I've got the latest firmware installed.

Cheers Wim.

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quote:
Originally posted by white wimpie 
Hi Wayne,

did you get it running? I've installed over 40 FVS318 without any problem. A
lso connecting to Netscreen is no big deal. Until I got my first FVS318v. I 
can get a tunnel up and running I can ping, even a telnet session starts to 
work .... a simple listening however freezes the connection.... So did you m
anage to get it working?  B.t.w. I've got the latest firmware installed.

Cheers Wim. 
 

Yes, I did call Netgear support for $35, and they walked me through it.  Too
k a while though.  What exactly are you looking for?  I have it on my list t
o do some screen printouts...

-Wayne

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Hi Bill,

I have been having a similar from FVS318 v3 to v2...  did you find a
fix for this???

Kenny


Bill Lobb wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have been using FVS318 v1 and v2 routers for a while for VPN
tunnels
> between client sites and they work great, as does the SafeNet 10
software. I
> cannot for the life of me get FVS318v3 to FVS318v1 tunnel to connect.
I have
> tried to update the firmware, used FQDN and IP addresses, I notice
that the
> v1 and v2 don't seem to use authentication and the v 3 seems to
require it.
> I wish Netgear had never changed the interface or come up with the
"Wizard".
> I could set up two of the old routers with a tunnel in about =BD an
hour. I
> have been beating on this thing for a week. I have even replaced
routers. Is
> there a comprehensive document that discusses the settings between
FVS318v3
> and FVS318v1? I am at a loss.
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>=20
>=20
> Thanks,
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>=20
> Bill Lobb

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Hi Wayne,

I mannaged to get the tunnel working by lowering the MTU. 

cheers Wim.

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Kenny,
Did you get this to work?

Tom Dunlap

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