Username - Enter the username provided by your gateway administrator.

Password - Enter the password provided by your gateway administrator.

Peers

The Peers page allows you to specify an ordered list of VPN gateway peers that this connection policy can use (multiple entries allow a VPN connection to be established through multiple VPN gateways). An attempt is made to establish a VPN connection to the given VPN gateway peers in the order they appear in the list.

To add a peer, click Add. In the Peer Information dialog box, enter the IP address or DNS Name in the IP Address or DNS Name box, then click OK.

To edit a peer entry, select the peer name and click Edit. In the Peer Information dialog box, make your changes, then click OK.

To delete a peer entry, select the peer entry and click Remove.

Peer Information Dialog Box

The Peer Information dialog box allows you to add or edit peer information.

Note! When configuring redundant VPN gateways, the Group VPN policy attributes (such as pre-shared keys and the attributes on the Peer Information window) must be the same for every gateway.

IP Address or DNS Name - Specifies the peer VPN gateway IP address or DNS name.

Use the default gateway as the peer IP address - Specifies the default gateway as the peer IP address.

Detect when this peer stops responding (Dead Peer Detection) - Automatically initiates VPN connection again if the VPN gateway does not respond for three consecutive heart beats. The Global VPN Client exchanges “heart beat” packets to detect if the peer gateway is alive. This setting is enabled by default.

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