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KENDQ
Aspirant
Mar 07, 2016

android vpn

I was useing my samsung galaxy phone's VPN software to tunnel in to my business camers (useing my FVS318N router) till my son did a hard reboot on my phone.  I know it was useing the advanced vpn cli...
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DaneA
NETGEAR Employee Retired
Mar 07, 2016

Hi KENDQ,

 

I do not own a Samsung Galaxy phone and I have not yet tried to have a VPN setup on any android phone.  However, let me share this link as reference guide and this might help.

 

 

Regards,

 

DaneA

NETGEAR Community Team

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KENDQ
Aspirant
Mar 07, 2016

Follow up

 

I Notice The only vpn user my router has listed under user is also IPSEC (as I say this worked till 2 days ago and Router has not been changed)

On the phone my choices are

 

Pre-shared key (IKEV1)

Pre shared key (IKEV2)

Certificate (IKEV1)

Certificate (IKEV2)

EAP AND CERTIFICATE (IKEV2)

L2TP PRESHARED KEY (IKEV1)

L2TP Certificate (IKEV1)

Secure ID (IKEv1)

 

also under advanced  Choices are

 

Extended Authentication

Aggresive Mode

Perfect Forward secrecy (PFS)

Dissable split tunneling

 

Algorrithm Suite   (Default is "ANY")

ike Groups      

 

 

(my wifes Iphone stiil works useing the Ipsec and my shrew soft is also still working)

  • DaneA's avatar
    DaneA
    NETGEAR Employee Retired
    Mar 07, 2016

    Hi KENDQ,

     

    You might want to use your wife's iPhone as a guide.  Also, you might want to check this link since some android phone users uses the NCP Secure Android Client app.  

     

     

    Regards,

     

    DaneA

    NETGEAR Community Team

     

     

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