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Netgear DG834G acts as IPSec VPN endpoint, hence you cannot use windows network connection for establishing VPN tunnel; however, you have option to use inbuilt IPSec service or better use prosafe VPN client.<br />
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Please look at the article below to configure DG834 and prosafe client:<br />
<a href="http://kb.netgear.com/ci/fattach/get/5/1235058493/redirect/1" rel="ugc">http://kb.netgear.com/ci/fattach/get/5/1235058493/redirect/1</a><br />
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Please let know if you need more details.<br />
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Thank you.
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Netgear DG834G acts as IPSec VPN endpoint, hence you cannot use windows network connection for establishing VPN tunnel; however, you have option to use inbuilt IPSec service or better use prosafe VPN client.

Please look at the article below to configure DG834 and prosafe client:
http://kb.netgear.com/ci/fattach/get/5/1235058493/redirect/1 [http://kb.netgear.com/ci/fattach/get/5/1235058493/redirect/1]

Please let know if you need more details.

Thank you.

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How can I use the IPSec service? Is the prosafe free to download?
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How can I use the IPSec service? Is the prosafe free to download?

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If you have access to Netgear website you should be able to download the client; you might need to have active support contract but not 100% sure.<br />
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There are few IPSec clients available but the configuration settings are not available, one such free client is from shrew soft [<a href="http://www.shrew.net/download/vpn" rel="ugc">http://www.shrew.net/download/vpn</a>]<br />
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Thank you.
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If you have access to Netgear website you should be able to download the client; you might need to have active support contract but not 100% sure.

There are few IPSec clients available but the configuration settings are not available, one such free client is from shrew soft [http://www.shrew.net/download/vpn [http://www.shrew.net/download/vpn]]

Thank you.

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Im new to VPN's so I may struggle with the setup. Is there a built in windows IP Sec solution?
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Im new to VPN's so I may struggle with the setup. Is there a built in windows IP Sec solution?

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I need to setup a VPN so users can remote into a network on a DG834G. Can I use the windows VPN client or do I need this prosafe software. Also how do I actually set up the VPN on the router side and on the client side
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I need to setup a VPN so users can remote into a network on a DG834G. Can I use the windows VPN client or do I need this prosafe software. Also how do I actually set up the VPN on the router side and on the client side

Netgear VPN Setup DG834G

A virtual private network (VPN) is a network that uses a public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or travelling users access to a central organizational network securely. VPNs encapsulate data transfers using secure cryptographic methods and other security mechanisms to ensure that only authorized users can access the network and that the data cannot be intercepted.

A router is a networking device that forwards data packets between computer networks. Routers perform the "traffic directing" functions on the Internet. The most familiar type of routers are home and small office cable or DSL routers that simply pass data, such as web pages, email, IM, and videos between computers and the Internet. More sophisticated routers, such as enterprise routers, connect large business or ISP networks up to the powerful core routers that forward data at high speed along the optical fiber lines of the Internet backbone. Though routers are typically dedicated hardware devices, use of software-based routers has grown increasingly common.

Routers

Internet Protocol Security (IPsec) is a protocol suite for secure Internet Protocol (IP) communications by authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a communication session. IPsec includes protocols for establishing mutual authentication between agents at the beginning of the session and negotiation of cryptographic keys to be used during the session. IPsec can be used in protecting data flows between a pair of hosts (host-to-host), between a pair of security gateways (network-to-network), or between a security gateway and a host (network-to-host). IPsec is an end-to-end security scheme operating in the Internet Layer of the Internet Protocol Suite.