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SSL VPN on FVS336G
I have been able to successfully setup an SSL VPN on a FVS336GV1 with the latest firmware but have several issues with it. All of them on Windows XP or 7 clients.
The performance is very low with just one client connected. I have noticed that it uses virtualpassage.exe to connect. If you check the connection settings it uses "ISDN Canal - Virtual Passage SSLDrv Adapter" to connect with 1x64K channel to connect. Am I missing something here or is it supposed to behave like that.
On the other hand, the connection is highly error prone. Depending on the PC sometimes it connects, sometimes it doesn't lots of error messages such as "installation is corrupt" "the modem is in use", etc. On some, once you connect you can't see the internal network, on others you see some of it and in a few you see everything.
The bottom line is, is this something recommended or is it better to setup an IPSec VPN with shrew client. I will put a separate thread on that.
The performance is very low with just one client connected. I have noticed that it uses virtualpassage.exe to connect. If you check the connection settings it uses "ISDN Canal - Virtual Passage SSLDrv Adapter" to connect with 1x64K channel to connect. Am I missing something here or is it supposed to behave like that.
On the other hand, the connection is highly error prone. Depending on the PC sometimes it connects, sometimes it doesn't lots of error messages such as "installation is corrupt" "the modem is in use", etc. On some, once you connect you can't see the internal network, on others you see some of it and in a few you see everything.
The bottom line is, is this something recommended or is it better to setup an IPSec VPN with shrew client. I will put a separate thread on that.
33 Replies
- Don't post multiple thread.
Are you using latest firmware? - Yes, latest firmware.
- So, is it supposed to be really slow or am I doing something wrong?
Regards - Those ISDN settings mean nothing. Your speed will only be as fast as your connection is.
- OK, I suspect there was an issue with the jvm, because since the last update the speed is as expected.
However I cannot access my domain resources from the outside. Particularly file server shares. I can access the servers through remote desktop though.
I have tried putting the dns suffix manually but it does not help. Any hints?
The domain has Windows 2003 dc in case it helps. - Did you specify DNS and Wins under modeconfig?
- Ok, that solved the issue. I am bit puzzled however. I am using SSL VPN and mode config tab is just under IPSEC VPN. In addition there was nothing mentioned in the SSL VPN guide in netgear's web site.
I think netgear should revise this in terms of usability. - Ops! I reply as soon as I woke up
Under SSL you can assign DNS and use full tunnel NOT split tunnel - OK, I don't know what happened but it worked for a few minutes and then it stopped. So under SSL VPN what can keep me from accessing shared drives in the windows domain?
I can ping the machines and access al non windows resources, I can even access windows resources from the remote desktop. - So you are now using full tunnel?
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