IPSec VPN

Monitoring and Troubleshooting VPNs

 

 

Monitoring and Troubleshooting VPNs

Viewing VPN tunnel status

Viewing dialup VPN connection status

Testing a VPN

Viewing VPN tunnel status

You can use the IPSec VPN tunnel list to view the status of all IPSec AutoIKE key

VPN tunnels. For each tunnel, the list shows the status and the tunnel time out.

To view VPN tunnel status

1Go to VPN > IPSEC > Phase 2.

2View the status and timeout for each VPN tunnel.

Status

The status of each tunnel. If Status is Up, the tunnel is active. If Status is

 

Down, the tunnel is not active. If Status is Connecting, the tunnel is

 

attempting to start a VPN connection with a remote VPN gateway or client.

Timeout

The time before the next key exchange. The time is calculated by

 

subtracting the time elapsed since the last key exchange from the keylife.

Figure 27: AutoIKE key tunnel status

Viewing dialup VPN connection status

You can use the dialup monitor to view the status of dialup VPNs. The dialup monitor lists the remote gateways and the active VPN tunnels for each gateway. The monitor also lists the tunnel lifetime, timeout, proxy ID source, and proxy ID destination for each tunnel.

To view dialup connection status

1Go to VPN > IPSec > Dialup Monitor.

2View the dialup connection status information for the FortiGate unit:

Remote gateway The IP address of the remote dialup remote gateway on the FortiGate unit.

Lifetime

The amount of time that the dialup VPN connection has been active.

Timeout

The time before the next key exchange. The time is calculated by

 

subtracting the time elapsed since the last key exchange from the keylife.

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