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
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 |
Interval | box. |
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Status | This field displays whether the VPN connection is up (a yellow bulb) or |
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Connection | This field displays the identification name for this VPN policy. |
Name |
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Remote | This is the static WAN IP address or URL of the remote IPSec router. |
Gateway |
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Local | This is the IP address of computer(s) on your local network behind your |
Addresses | ZyXEL Device. |
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Remote | This is the IP address of computer(s) on the remote network behind the |
Addresses | remote IPSec router. |
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Action | Click Trigger to establish a VPN connection with the remote network. |
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