IP Pool:

Select the IP Pool Name to specify the address range for the

 

server's IP assignment. This item is available for Server

 

mode.

Remote Subnet:

Enter the IP address range of your remote network. (It's

 

always the IP address range of LAN on the remote peer of

 

VPN tunnel.) It’s the combination of IP address and subnet

 

mask.

Status

Activate or inactivate the entry.

¾List of Configurations

In this table, you can view your configurations of the tunnels and edit them by the action buttons.

The No.1 entry in Figure 3-62indicates: this tunnel is encapsulated by using L2TP. Its user name is test, the password can be configured, and the Router is configured in Client mode. The remote server is 172.30.70.161 and the remote subnet is 192.168.2.0/24. This entry is enabled.

3.5.3.2IP Address Pool

On this page, you can configure the IP Address Pool.

Choose the menu VPN→L2TP/PPTP→IP Address Pool to load the following page.

Figure 3-63 IP Address Pool

The following items are displayed on this screen:

¾IP Address Pool

Pool Name: Specify a unique name to the IP Address Pool for

identification and management purposes.

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TL-ER6120 specifications

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