User's Manual

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Reference Manual for the NETGEAR ProSafe VPN Client
Troubleshooting 9-13
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Table 9-4: Key Lengths
10.
Click OK.
11. Repeat steps 5 through 10 for the other key type, Inbound Keys or Outbound Keys.
12. Click Save. A yellow key displays in the client icon .
Start a Secure Connection with Manual Keys
After you Enable and Enter manual keys for connection troubleshooting, establish a VPN with the
remote party using one of these methods:
From a command prompt, ping the other computer.
In Windows Explorer, map a drive on the other computer.
Note: Because IKE is not used with manual keys, the client logs no IKE negotiation messages in
the Log Viewer.
Disable Manual Keys
When you complete using manual keys for troubleshooting, you can return to the original settings.
1. In the Security Policy Editor, in the Network Security Policy list, expand the secure
connection you were troubleshooting with manual keys.
2. Are you using certificates or preshared keys?
Algorithm Key Length:
ASCII Binary
DES 8 16
Triple-DES 24 48
AES-128 128 16
AES-192 192 24
AES-256 256 32
MD5 16 32
SHA-1 20 40