Chapter 16 IPSec Commands

16.2 swSkipOverlapIp

Normally, we don't configure the local VPN policy rule’s IP addresses to overlap with the remote VPN policy rule’s IP addresses. For example, we don't configure both with 192.168.1.0. However, overlapping local and remote network IP addresses can occur in the following cases.

1You configure a dynamic VPN rule for a remote site. (See Figure 4 on page 128.)

For example, when you configure the ZyWALL X, you configure the local network as 192.168.1.0 and the remote network as any (0.0.0.0). The “any” includes all possible IP addresses. It will forward traffic from network A to network B even if both the sender (ex. 192.168.1.8) and the receiver (ex. 192.168.1.9) are in network A.

Figure 4 Dynamic VPN Rule

Using the command ipsec swSkipOverlapIp on has ZyWALL X check if a packet’s destination is also at the local network before forwarding the packet. If it is, the ZyWALL sends the traffic to the local network. Setting ipsec swSkipOverlapIp to off disables the checking for local network IP addresses.

2You configure an IP alias network that overlaps with the VPN remote network. (See Figure 5.)

For example, you have an IP alias network M (10.1.2.0/24) in ZyWALL X’s LAN. For the VPN rule, you configure the VPN network as follows.

Local IP address start: 192.168.1.1, end: 192.168.1.254

Remote IP address start: 10.1.2.240, end: 10.1.2.254 IP address 10.1.2.240 to 10.1.2.254 overlap.

Figure 5 IP Alias

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