Chapter 6
Advanced Features
6.7 The Default Peer Concept
Why the default peer Consider the network configuration shown below: concept
Secure tunnel
SpeedTouch620 [1]
PPP |
PPP server
SpeedTouch620 [2]
Dynamically assigned | Configure as default peer |
IP address | (allows for any IP address) |
(via PPP protocol) |
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When the SpeedTouch™ [1] gets its IP address dynamically assigned (e.g. during
PPPtunnel setup), a remote IPSec peer cannot know in advance which IP address will be assigned. Each time the SpeedTouch™ [1] sets up a PPP connection, it will obtain an IP address from the ISP. In order to cope with this situation, the default peer concept has been implemented.
The remote IPSec peer address configured on the SpeedTouch™ [2] will allow for any remote IP address to initiate a secure tunnel.
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