VPN With iPhone :( Anyone got it to work?

SteveEvans wrote:

iPhone VPN used to work for me talking to an FVS338 running 3.0.7-24 having followed the guide at http://vpncasestudy.com/download/usefuldoc/ipsec_with_Iphone.pdf. A while ago I noticed that the VPN was no longer working; I got to login and the VPN appeared to connect, but no traffic would pass. I suspect it may have been caused by an iPhone update. I'm now running version 5.1.1 (9B206). Anyway, I've found a fix! In the VPN configuration on the iPhone I set the Group Name to be non-blank (I'm using iPhone). I then found the message "[FVS338] [IKE] Aggressive mode of (invalid)[(invalid)] is not acceptable._" in the VPN log on the FVS338, so I changed the IKE Policy Exchange Mode to "Aggressive", rather than the "Main" specified in the setup guide. It now works! Steve

STEVE, your solution ended many frustrating hours of dealing with Netgear's paid support....demanding firmware updates and endless port forwarding changes. Thank you for posting this fix. In my case the Policy Exchange Mode had to be set to Aggressive, but as you pointed out, the value of "Group Name" field on the iOS device can be anything. Thanks!!!