146Troubleshooting the NVG

Cannot Connect to VPN Gateway through Telnet or

SSH

Verify the Current Configuration

Connect through a console connection and check that Telnet or SSH access to the VPN Gateway is enabled. By default, remote connections to the NVG are disabled for security reasons. Type the command /cfg/sys/adm/cur to see whether remote access through Telnet or SSH is enabled.

>># /cfg/sys/adm/cur Collecting data, please wait...

Administrative Applications: CLI idle timeout = 1h Telnet CLI access = off

SSH CLI access = off

Enable Telnet or SSH Access

If your security policy affords enabling remote connections to the VPN Gateway, type the command /cfg/sys/adm/telnet to enable Telnet access, or the command /cfg/sys/adm/ssh to enable SSH access. Apply your configuration changes.

>># /cfg/sys/adm/ssh

Current value: off

Allow SSH CLI access (on/off): on

>> Administrative Applications# apply

Changes applied successfully.

Check the Access List

If you find that Telnet or SSH access is enabled but you still can’t connect to the VPN Gateway using a Telnet or SSH client, check whether any hosts have been added to the Access List. Type the command /cfg/sys/accesslist/list to view the current Access List.

>># /cfg/sys/accesslist/list

1:192.168.128.78, 255.255.255.0

When Telnet or SSH access is enabled, only those hosts listed in the Access List are allowed to access the VPN Gateway over the network. If no hosts have been added to the Access List, this means that any host is allowed to access the VPN Gateway over the network (assuming that Telnet or SSH access is enabled).

Nortel VPN Gateway

User Guide

NN46120-104 02.01 Standard

14 April 2008

Copyright © 2007-2008 Nortel Networks

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NN46120-104 specifications

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