Chapter 12 IPSec VPN

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 76 Security > IPSec VPN > Status

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Status

This field displays whether the VPN connection is up (a yellow bulb) or

 

down (a gray bulb).

 

 

Connection

This field displays the identification name for this VPN policy.

Name

 

 

 

Remote

This is the static WAN IP address or URL of the remote IPSec router.

Gateway

 

 

 

Local

This is the IP address of computer(s) on your local network behind your

Addresses

P-2812HNU-51c.

 

 

Remote

This is the IP address of computer(s) on the remote network behind the

Addresses

remote IPSec router.

 

 

Action

Click Trigger to establish a VPN connection with the remote network.

 

 

Refresh

Click Refresh to display the current active VPN connection(s).

 

 

12.5 IPSec VPN Technical Reference

This section provides some technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter.

12.5.1 IPSec Architecture

The overall IPSec architecture is shown as follows.

Figure 134 IPSec Architecture

 

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