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FVS338 routing over VPN
Is there a way to route LAN traffic over a Gateway to Gateway VPN? I want to have some IP addresses route through the VPN out the GW of the remote VPN location. (easily done on more advanced fir...
Hi B3dr0ck,
What you want to achieve is possible but it is not something supported solely on the device. You would need to setup a proxy server at the remote side, and change the local machines gateway (or use a route) to route traffic to that server, over the VPN, and then to out the WAN of the remote device and then back again. The FVS338 only provides remote subnet access. This is why a Proxy Server is needed, as the FVS338 does not have that functionality.
As far as the layer 2, though it says NetBIOS, it is only layer 3 traffic that will cross the VPN on the FVS338 (NetBIOS over TCP/IP). Layer 2 traffic has never worked and is not implemented. Regarding this, you may submit a feature request via NETGEAR Support or you may post it on the Idea Exchange for Business here.
But even then, the FVS338 is already EOL or End-Of-Life and it would not get that feature if the engineering team adds it. The feature request might be possibly implemented to NETGEAR ProSAFE VPN firewall devices that are not yet EOL.
Regards,DaneA
NETGEAR Community Team
I think on the old forum there was a thread that said how it could be done--and it might have been as simple as messing with the subnet mask on the vpn configs, but that's just a guess. I can't remember either. :(
I dont think it is possible without putting a proxy on an edge, or using the VPN client.
I imagine you could create a PC on LAN2 with the VPN client. It would have an IP address on LAN1. Then you could have it as the gateway and do DHCP for a LAN. That might be a way to have a layer2 VPN, but at least route out LAN1.
What if you messed with the subnet mask and superneted LAN 2 with a proxy of somesort? That way it would include LAN1 and you could set LAN1's gateway on the proxied Lan2 devices.
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