Chapter 4

Configuration via the Command Line Interface

4.4.1 Peer parameters

Parameters table The following table shows the peer parameters:

Peer parameters

Parameter

Keyword

Description

 

 

 

Peer name

name

Mandatory. Identifies the peer entity.

 

 

 

Remote peer address

remoteaddr

Mandatory. The public IP address or

 

 

host name of the remote Security

 

 

Gateway.

 

 

 

Backup remote peer

backupaddr

Optional. The public IP address or host

address

 

name of a backup remote Security

 

 

Gateway.

 

 

 

Exchange mode

exchmode

Mandatory. Determines the IKE

 

 

exchange mode

 

 

 

Local identifier

localid

Mandatory. Identifies the local Security

 

 

Gateway during IKE negotiation.

 

 

 

Remote identifier

remoteid

Mandatory. Identifies the remote

 

 

Security Gateway during the Phase 1

 

 

negotiation.

 

 

 

Physical interface

phyif

Mandatory. Identifies the

 

 

SpeedTouch™ physical interface to

 

 

which the local IPSec peer is tied.

 

 

 

Descriptor

descr

Mandatory. The name of the Peer

 

 

Security Descriptor that applies to the

 

 

Phase 1 negotiation. Either a built-in

 

 

descriptor or a user-defined descriptor

 

 

can be used.

 

 

 

Authentication attribute

auth

Mandatory. Holds the authentication

 

 

method and its associated parameters.

 

 

 

Client/server

client/

Optional. Specifies a dialup VPN client/

 

server

server descriptor

 

 

 

Options

options

Optional. A number of options

 

 

influencing the VPN behaviour can be

 

 

set.

 

 

 

For a basic IPSec configuration only a subset of the peer parameters need to be set to a specified value. Some parameters may remain unset.

Peer name [name] The peer name identifies the peer entity. This name only has local significance inside the SpeedTouch™. This parameter is not used in the IKE negotiations with the remote Security Gateway.

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Nortel Networks 608(WL), 620 manual Peer parameters Parameter Keyword Description