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Re: FVS318V2 "[IKE] ERROR: couldn't find configuration." - VPN not working

Raphael303
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FVS318V2 "[IKE] ERROR: couldn't find configuration." - VPN not working

I am trying to access the FVS318V2 from a remote location with a mac/iphone.

 

I have setup VPN in two different ways. 

1: Via L2TP Server

2: Via IKE

 

I set all parameters on osx/iphone accordingly to what I set in the server but I don't get connection.


Via L2TP server I get this in the VPN Log:
[IKE] ERROR:  Could not find configuration for (IP Address)
And the client says "L2TP server does not respond"

Via IKE I get this in the VPN Log:
"[IKE] ERROR:  couldn't find configuration."
And the client connects, disconnects and says nothing at all.

For setting up I followed these instructions:

For L2TP
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24393/~/configuring-an-l2tp-vpn-tunnel-to-prosafe%2Fpr...
However, the VPN-Client from OSX and iPhone insists on a preshared key, even though it is not mentioned at all in that tutorial. So I tried any key and the key I set in the IKE policies.

For IKE 
http://kb.netgear.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/24242/~/mac-os-x-vpn-client-install-with-prosafe-vpn-f...
But I tried with the native OSX VPN client. The Client suggested in that tutorial does not work at all.

I followed these tutorials to the letter. My settings in the router are exactly like it (except to local/remote identifiers and passwords).

I have quadruple checked all settings in my vpn clients.

I'm stuck.
FVS318Gv2
Firmware Version: 4.3.3-6

 

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Raphael303
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Re: FVS318V2 "[IKE] ERROR: couldn't find configuration." - VPN not working

And I tried this tuorial now too:

http://www.engineer-dan.com/creating-a-vpn-between-iphone-and-netgear-prosafe-gigabit-quad-wan-ssl-v...

Using the IPsec. I get whole new bunch of errors with this one. Ending with "doesn not have mode config"

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DaneA
NETGEAR Employee Retired

Re: FVS318V2 "[IKE] ERROR: couldn't find configuration." - VPN not working

Hi Raphael303,

 

Welcome to the community!

I do not own a MAC nor an iOS device.  However, let me share these links below as references:

 

How to configure VPN between iOS device and NETGEAR Firewall

 

http://www.kossboss.com/netgear---mac-iphone-ipsec-vpn-client-setup

 

http://www.vpntracker.com/us/vendor/6/netgear-mac-vpn-client.html

 

Kindly read this forum link from Apple Support Communities I found online.

 

 

Regards,

 

DaneA

NETGEAR Communities Team

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Raphael303
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Re: FVS318V2 "[IKE] ERROR: couldn't find configuration." - VPN not working

Hi 

Thank you very much for your links. I checked out the tutorials in the first two. They are very similar to the third one I tried. However I still have the same result.

"[IKE] ERROR: couldn't find configuration."

No matter which tutorial I follow, it ends up giving me this error. I think that is very suspicious.

 

I didn't try the last link yet, since it needs an extra client and will not solve my ios problem.

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