Prestige 2602H/HW Series User’s Guide

Table 74 VPN: Manual Key

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

 

 

IPSec Setup

 

 

 

Active

Select this check box to activate this VPN policy.

 

 

Name

Type up to 32 characters to identify this VPN policy. You may use any character,

 

including spaces, but the Prestige drops trailing spaces.

IPSec Key Mode

Select IKE or Manual from the drop-down list box. Manual is a useful option for

 

troubleshooting if you have problems using IKE key management.

SPI

Type a number (base 10) from 1 to 999999 for the Security Parameter Index.

 

 

Encapsulation

Select Tunnel mode or Transport mode from the drop-down list box.

Mode

 

DNS Server (for

If there is a private DNS server that services the VPN, type its IP address here.

IPSec VPN)

The Prestige assigns this additional DNS server to the Prestige 's DHCP clients

 

that have IP addresses in this IPSec rule's range of local addresses.

 

A DNS server allows clients on the VPN to find other computers and servers on

 

the VPN by their (private) domain names.

Local

Local IP addresses must be static and correspond to the remote IPSec router's

 

configured remote IP addresses.

 

Two active SAs cannot have the local and remote IP address(es) both the same.

 

Two active SAs can have the same local or remote IP address, but not both. You

 

can configure multiple SAs between the same local and remote IP addresses, as

 

long as only one is active at any time.

Local Address Type

Use the drop-down menu to choose Single, Range, or Subnet. Select Single for

 

a single IP address. Select Range for a specific range of IP addresses. Select

 

Subnet to specify IP addresses on a network by their subnet mask.

IP Address Start

When the Local Address Type field is configured to Single, enter a (static) IP

 

address on the LAN behind your Prestige. When the Local Address Type field is

 

configured to Range, enter the beginning (static) IP address, in a range of

 

computers on your LAN behind your Prestige. When the Local Address Type

 

field is configured to Subnet, this is a (static) IP address on the LAN behind your

 

Prestige.

End / Subnet Mask

When the Local Address Type field is configured to Single, this field is N/A.

 

When the Local Address Type field is configured to Range, enter the end (static)

 

IP address, in a range of computers on the LAN behind your Prestige. When the

 

Local Address Type field is configured to Subnet, this is a subnet mask on the

 

LAN behind your Prestige.

Remote

Remote IP addresses must be static and correspond to the remote IPSec router's

 

configured local IP addresses.

 

Two active SAs cannot have the local and remote IP address(es) both the same.

 

Two active SAs can have the same local or remote IP address, but not both. You

 

can configure multiple SAs between the same local and remote IP addresses, as

 

long as only one is active at any time.

Remote Address

Use the drop-down menu to choose Single, Range, or Subnet. Select Single

Type

with a single IP address. Select Range for a specific range of IP addresses.

 

Select Subnet to specify IP addresses on a network by their subnet mask.

IP Address Start

When the Remote Address Type field is configured to Single, enter a (static) IP

 

address on the network behind the remote IPSec router. When the Remote

 

Address Type field is configured to Range, enter the beginning (static) IP

 

address, in a range of computers on the network behind the remote IPSec router.

 

When the Remote Address Type field is configured to Subnet, enter a (static) IP

 

address on the network behind the remote IPSec router.

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