[vpn-help] new user, fairly baffled

[Alexis La Goutte]

Hi,

You laptop is directly connected to Internet ? (no NAT). Because the NETGEAR
DG834 support only the MAIN Mode... (and the VPN is buggy...)

Regards,

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 11:32 AM, Howard Spindel <howard at sci1.com> wrote:

> I'm trying to setup a VPN that will allow me to connect in to my home
> network (with a Netgear DG834Gv4 facing the internet) from a Windows 7
> laptop.
>
> Can anyone provide a cookbook for setting the Netgear VPN settings and
> ShrewSoft VPN client that would enable the two to connect?  I've been
> tearing my hair trying all sorts of combinations, but can't get anything to
> work.  The VPN trace on the Win 7 laptop shows three attempts to send phase1
> packets before it hits "resend limit exceeded for phase1 exchange" and
> aborts.
>
> I am a computer programmer with 30 years experience and lots of networking
> experience, but I can't figure this one out!
>
> Thanks,
> Howard
>
> Netgear policy page looks like this right now:
>
> Remote VPN Endpoint: Dynamic IP address
> Local LAN: IP address is set to my local subnet
> Remote LAN: IP address is set to "Single PC - no subnet"
> IKE direction: responder only (only choice allowed)
> Exchange mode: Main mode (only choice allowed)
> DH group: auto
> Local ID type: WAN IP address
> Remote ID type: FQDN
> Encryption algorithm: 3DES
> Authentication algorithm: auto
> Using a pre-shared key for authentication
>
>
>
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