From: mike-newsgroup@-DELETETHISPART-.upcraft.com   
      
   Patrick wrote:   
      
   > I just bought a Netgear FVS318 which supports 8 vpn tunnels and IPSec.  I am   
   > trying to use it as an end point and I'm running Windows XP.  Does the   
   > Windows vpn client not work with this?  I used it before, but I was using a   
   > 2k server running RAS and forwarding port 1723 pptp to it.  No luck using   
   > this router as an endpoint, though.   
   > If I can't use it.  Any free vpn client out there that will work?   
   >   
   > Patrick   
   > patrick@4pcn.com   
   >   
   >   
   Windows VPN client is only capable of PPTP or L2TP protocols.  IPSEC   
   settings are handled separately in Windows and do not use the "dial-in"   
   method that the VPN client you are familiar with uses.   
      
   As far as I know the Netgear units do not have PPTP or L2TP protocol   
   support as an endpoint.   
      
   The cheapest device I know of that can do PPTP and IPSEC is the Netopia   
   3386-ENT.  If you like the simplicity and ubiquity of the Windows VPN   
   client running the PPTP protocol and don't mind the man in the middle   
   vulnerability of this protocol then grab a Netopia 3386-ENT unit.   
      
   If you want to fight with setting up IPSEC clients then you should be   
   able to get it to go with the Netgear devices.  I warn you though.   
   Setting up the native Windows XP/2000 IPSEC support is hard, it doesn't   
   seem to be designed as a real VPN client solution.  It was meant to   
   enable IPSEC for an entire network through the control of active   
   directory policies and digital certificates.   
      
   There are multi-vendor IPSEC compatible clients available.  None on   
   Windows are free as far as I know.   
      
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