From: rolandcsmith@nospamyahoo.com   
      
   Problem Solved! I took the advice and downloaded TightVNC from the web.   
   Installed with NO problem and works like a champ. I can now access my   
   network from the road and do everything I wanted. I would certainly   
   reccomend this solution to anyone who is tired of fighting the "Netgear   
   Battle". Maybe not as cool as a real VPN, but it works!!   
      
   Steve  wrote in   
   news:U2QWd.6496$Q83.3994@bignews5.bellsouth.net:   
      
   > Subject: XP Pro VPN Client with Netgear FVS318 Router   
   > From: Steve    
   > Newsgroups: comp.dcom.vpn   
   >   
   > First off, I can find my way around my computers but do NOT consider   
   > myself a power user or expert by any means. That said.....   
   >   
   > A friend gave me a FVS318 router that looks brand new. He owned it for   
   > about a year and used it only as a firewall router. The firmware is V   
   > 2.4. I now have it installed in my home network and it works   
   > flawlessly as a router and network switch for the 4 computers on our   
   > network.   
   >   
   > I would like to be able to establish a secure VPN connection to my   
   > home network and access the computers there when I travel (often). I   
   > am running a peer-to-peer network using XP home on 2 of the computers   
   > and XP Pro on the other 2. I use XP Pro on one of the office machines   
   > and my notebook that travels with me. My IP address from BellSouth is   
   > static and all of my computers on the network are set to static   
   > addresses. I have a 3mb/sec DSL account at my home.   
   >   
   > I have tried EVERYTHING I can find on the Netgear website for using   
   > the XP Client (which Netgear told me will work with "no problem"). No   
   > luck. I have followed the proceedure on their website SEVERAL times   
   > and I can't get the thing to work at all.   
   >   
   > If anyone has some clear instructions for setting up the XP client and   
   > the FVS318 I would really appreciate some help. Also any advice you   
   > might have for being able to browse and access my network while   
   > traveling would be great! Feel free to email me at the address on this   
   > post. Just remove the OBVIOUS "nospam" in the address.   
   >   
   > Thanks in advance for your help. From what I have read in researching   
   > this, it is a pretty common problem that Netgear seems unwilling to   
   > address in a simple and logical manner. Think maybe they want all of   
   > us to buy their VPN client instead of using the FREE one we already   
   > have???   
   >   
   > rolandcsmith@nospamyahoo.com   
   >   
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