Chapter 18 VPN Screens

Table 109 Edit VPN Policies

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

End / Subnet Mask

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

 

When the Remote Address Type field is configured to Range, enter the end

 

(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 subnet mask on the network behind the remote IPSec router.

 

 

Address

 

Information

 

 

 

Local ID Type

Select IP to identify this ZyXEL Device by its IP address.

 

Select DNS to identify this ZyXEL Device by a domain name.

 

Select E-mailto identify this ZyXEL Device by an e-mail address.

Content

When you select IP in the Local ID Type field, type the IP address of your

 

computer in the local Content field. The ZyXEL Device automatically uses the IP

 

address in the My IP Address field (refer to the My IP Address field description)

 

if you configure the local Content field to 0.0.0.0 or leave it blank.

 

It is recommended that you type an IP address other than 0.0.0.0 in the local

 

Content field or use the DNS or E-mailID type in the following situations.

 

When there is a NAT router between the two IPSec routers.

 

When you want the remote IPSec router to be able to distinguish between VPN

 

connection requests that come in from IPSec routers with dynamic WAN IP

 

addresses.

 

When you select DNS or E-mailin the Local ID Type field, type a domain name

 

or e-mail address by which to identify this ZyXEL Device in the local Content

 

field. Use up to 31 ASCII characters including spaces, although trailing spaces

 

are truncated. The domain name or e-mail address is for identification purposes

 

only and can be any string.

 

 

My IP Address

Enter the WAN IP address of your ZyXEL Device. The VPN tunnel has to be

 

rebuilt if this IP address changes.

 

The following applies if this field is configured as 0.0.0.0:

 

The ZyXEL Device uses the current ZyXEL Device WAN IP address (static or

 

dynamic) to set up the VPN tunnel.

 

If the WAN connection goes down, the ZyXEL Device uses the dial backup IP

 

address for the VPN tunnel when using dial backup or the LAN IP address when

 

using traffic redirect. See Chapter 7 on page 101 for details on dial backup and

 

traffic redirect.

 

 

Peer ID Type

Select IP to identify the remote IPSec router by its IP address.

 

Select DNS to identify the remote IPSec router by a domain name.

 

Select E-mailto identify the remote IPSec router by an e-mail address.

 

 

Content

The configuration of the peer content depends on the peer ID type.

 

For IP, type the IP address of the computer with which you will make the VPN

 

connection. If you configure this field to 0.0.0.0 or leave it blank, the ZyXEL

 

Device will use the address in the Secure Gateway Address field (refer to the

 

Secure Gateway Address field description).

 

For DNS or E-mail, type a domain name or e-mail address by which to identify

 

the remote IPSec router. Use up to 31 ASCII characters including spaces,

 

although trailing spaces are truncated. The domain name or e-mail address is for

 

identification purposes only and can be any string.

 

It is recommended that you type an IP address other than 0.0.0.0 or use the DNS

 

or E-mailID type in the following situations:

 

When there is a NAT router between the two IPSec routers.

 

When you want the ZyXEL Device to distinguish between VPN connection

 

requests that come in from remote IPSec routers with dynamic WAN IP

 

addresses.

 

 

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