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Anton-Stewart
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Jun 06, 2020
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BR500 IPSec - Can't set Aggressive Mode

I am replacing an old FVS124G with a BR500, but I'm having extreme difficulty in manually configuring an IPSec VPN. I need to use Aggressive Mode as the other end point of the tunnel has a dynamic IP...
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    Dan_Z
    Jun 08, 2020

    Hi Anton-Stewart,
    Welcome to the community!
    Please try firmware v5.6.0.2,hope it can help resolve the issue.

     

    Thanks.

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Dan_Z
NETGEAR Expert
Jun 08, 2020

Hi Anton-Stewart,
Welcome to the community!
Please try firmware v5.6.0.2,hope it can help resolve the issue.

 

Thanks.

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Anton-Stewart
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Jun 09, 2020

Thanks so much for that, downgrading to 5.6.0.2 did indeed allow me to configure the VPN with Aggressive mode.

 

However, given that Insight tries to automatically update the firmware of devices registered on an account, I'm concerned that my BR500 might 'automatically' update and break this functionality.

 

Does Netgear have plans to roll this 'fix' into the latest version of the firmware?

 

Best - Anton

 

 

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