General Settings

Broadband VPN Gateway User Guide

General Settings

Policy Name

Enter a suitable name. This name is not supplied to the remote

 

VPN. It is used only to help you manage the policies.

 

 

Enable Policy

Enable or disable the policy as required. For each remote VPN,

 

only 1 policy can be enabled at any time.

 

 

Allow NetBIOS

Select the desired option if you require NetBIOS traffic to be

Transmission

transferred through the VPN tunnel. NetBIOS is used by Microsoft

 

(Windows) networking. This setting should not be enabled unless

 

necessary, because it increases traffic volume.

 

 

Bundle WAN Port

Select the desired WAN port as required.

 

 

Remote VPN

The Internet IP address of the remote VPN endpoint (Gateway or

 

client).

 

Dynamic IP. Select this if the Internet IP address is unknown.

 

In this case, only incoming connections are possible.

 

Fixed IP. Select this if the remote endpoint has a fixed Internet

 

IP address. If selected, enter the Internet IP address of the re-

 

mote endpoint.

 

Domain Name. Select this if the remote endpoint has a Do-

 

main Name associated with it. If selected, enter the Domain

 

Name of the remote endpoint.

 

 

Local IP Address

Any - no additional data is required. Any IP address is accept-

 

able.

 

For outgoing connections, this allows any PC on the LAN

 

to use the VPN tunnel.

 

For incoming connections, this allows any PC using the

 

remote endpoint to access any PC on your LAN.

 

Single address - enter an IP address in the "IP address" field.

 

Range address - enter the starting IP address in the "IP ad-

 

dress" field, and the finish IP address in the "Finish IP address"

 

field.

 

Subnet address - enter the desired IP address in the "IP

 

address" field, and the network mask in the "Subnet Mask"

 

field.

 

The remote VPN must have these IP addresses entered as it's

 

"Remote" addresses.

 

 

Remote IP Address

Single address - enter an IP address in the "IP address" field.

 

Range address - enter the starting IP address in the "IP ad-

 

dress" field, and the finish IP address in the "Finish IP address"

 

field.

 

Subnet address - enter the desired IP address in the "IP

 

address" field, and the network mask in the "Subnet Mask"

 

field.

 

The remote VPN should have these IP addresses entered as it's

 

"Local" addresses.

 

 

Authentication and Encryption

AH Authentication

AH (Authentication Header) specifies the authentication protocol for the VPN header, if used. (AH is often NOT used)

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TW100-BRV324 specifications

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