Chapter 21 IPSec

Finding Out More

See Section 21.4 on page 256 for advanced technical information on IPSec VPN.

21.2 The IPSec Status Screen

Click Security Settings > IPSec > Status to open the screen as shown. Use this screen to display and manage active VPN connections.

A Security Association (SA) is the group of security settings related to a specific VPN tunnel. This screen displays active VPN connections. Use Refresh to display active VPN connections. This screen is read-only. The following table describes the fields in this tab.

Figure 115 Security Settings > IPSec > Status

The following table describes the fields in this screen.

Table 85 Security Settings > IPSec > Status

LABEL

DESCRIPTION

Refresh

Select how often the screen should be refreshed from the drop-down list

Interval

box.

 

 

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

ZyXEL Device.

 

 

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.

 

 

 

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