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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N

is established, the L2TP user can connect to an L2TP client that is located behind the wireless VPN firewall.

Note: IPSec VPN provides stronger authentication and encryption than L2TP. (Packets that traverse the L2TP tunnel are not encapsulated by IPSec.)

You need to enable the L2TP server on the wireless VPN firewall, specify an L2TP server address pool, and create L2TP user accounts. For information about how to create L2TP user accounts, see Configure User Accounts on page 303.

To enable the L2TP server and configure the L2TP server pool:

1.Select VPN > L2TP Server. The L2TP Server screen displays. (The following figure contains an example.)

Figure 160.

2.To enable the L2TP server, select the Enable check box.

3.Enter the settings as explained in the following table:

Table 64. L2TP Server screen settings

Setting	Description
Starting IP Address	The first IP address of the pool. This address is used for distribution to the wireless
	VPN firewall.
Ending IP Address	The last IP address of the pool. A maximum of 26 contiguous addresses is
	supported. (The first address of the pool cannot be assigned to a user.)
Idle Timeout	The period after which an idle user is automatically logged out of the L2TP server.
	The default idle time-out period is 10 minutes.

4.Click Apply to save your settings.

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