NETGEAR UTM50-100NAS, UTM5-100NAS manual VPN Telecommuter Client-to-Gateway Through a NAT Router

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VPN Telecommuter (Client-to-Gateway Through a NAT Router)

Note: The telecommuter case presumes the home office has a dynamic IP address and NAT router.

The following situations exemplify the requirements for a remote PC client connected to the Internet with a dynamic IP address through a NAT router to establish a VPN tunnel with a gateway VPN firewall such as an UTM at the company office:

•Single gateway WAN port

•Redundant dual gateway WAN ports for increased reliability (before and after rollover)

•Dual gateway WAN ports for load balancing

VPN Telecommuter: Single Gateway WAN Port (Reference Case)

In a single WAN port gateway configuration, the remote PC client at the NAT router initiates the VPN tunnel because the IP address of the remote NAT router is not known in advance. The gateway WAN port must act as the responder.

Figure B-17

The IP address of the gateway WAN port can be either fixed or dynamic. If the IP address is dynamic, you must use a FQDN. If the IP address is fixed, a FQDN is optional.

B-16 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports (Dual-WAN Port Models Only)

v1.0, January 2010