Chapter 6

Configuring Telkom VPN Lite

This chapter describes how to configure your DG834GUv5 Wireless Router to work with the Telkom VPN Lite service.

What is VPN Lite?

Aworld first in Do-It-Yourself networking. After ordering VPN Lite, Telkom provides you with secure access to a web portal which is used to create all the sites and individual connections needed for your own secure Virtual Private Network (VPN). As your business needs change you can adapt the network size as well as your usage bundle up or down when required. You are therefore not tied into a contract which is not ideal for your business at any given time. It is the lowest cost and easiest to use networking solution in a box on offer today.

It allows you to communicate between branches, between businesses and even between individuals. You can connect up to 50 sites on a VPN Lite network without affecting you monthly bill. VPN Lite offers a discounted bundle of your choice which it is not capped. Private static IP addresses allows for any site to communicate with any other site on the network.

Note: For more information about the Telkom VPN Lite service offering, please visit: http://www.telkom.co.za/products_services/vpnlite/index.html

Configuring VPN Lite

The VPN Lite Setup Wizard included in the GUI confiruation tool of the DG834GUv5 was developed to assist users to easily configure VPN Lite network connections.

To start the VPN Lite Wizard, login to your ADSL2+ Modem Wireless Router:

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