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P-202H Plus v2 User's Guide, VPN/IPSec Setup, Menu 27.1.1 IPSec Setup

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P-202H Plus v2 User's Guide The following table describes the fields in this menu. Table 101 Menu 27.1.1 IPSec Setup FIELD Index Name Active Keep Alive Local ID type Content My IP Addr Peer ID type Content Secure Gateway Address DESCRIPTION This is the VPN rule index number you selected in the previous menu. Enter a unique identification name for this VPN rule. The name may be up to 32 characters long but only 10 characters will be displayed in Menu 27.1 - IPSec Summary. Press [SPACE BAR] to choose either Yes or No. Choose Yes and press [ENTER] to activate the VPN tunnel. This field determines whether a VPN rule is applied before a packet leaves the firewall. Press [SPACE BAR] to choose either Yes or No. Choose Yes and press [ENTER] to have the ZyXEL Device automatically re-initiate the SA after the SA lifetime times out, even if there is no traffic. The remote IPSec router must also have keep alive enabled in order for this feature to work. Press [SPACE BAR] to choose IP, DNS, or E-mail and press [ENTER]. Select IP to identify this ZyXEL Device by its IP address. Select DNS to identify this ZyXEL Device by a domain name. Select E-mail to identify this ZyXEL Device by an e-mail address. When you select IP in the Local ID Type field, type the IP address of your computer or leave the field blank to have the ZyXEL Device automatically use its own IP address. When you select DNS in the Local ID Type field, type a domain name (up to 31 characters) by which to identify this ZyXEL Device. When you select E-mail in the Local ID Type field, type an e-mail address (up to 31 characters) by which to identify this ZyXEL Device. The domain name or e-mail address that you use in the Content field is used for identification purposes only and does not need to be a real domain name or e-mail address. Enter the IP address of your ZyXEL Device. The ZyXEL Device uses its current WAN IP address (static or dynamic) in setting up the VPN tunnel if you leave this field as 0.0.0.0. The VPN tunnel has to be rebuilt if this IP address changes. Press [SPACE BAR] to choose IP, DNS, or E-mail and press [ENTER]. 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-mail to identify the remote IPSec router by an e-mail address. When you select IP in the Peer ID Type field, type the IP address of the computer with which you will make the VPN connection or leave the field blank to have the ZyXEL Device automatically use the address in the Secure Gateway Address field. When you select DNS in the Peer ID Type field, type a domain name (up to 31 characters) by which to identify the remote IPSec router. When you select E-mail in the Peer ID Type field, type an e-mail address (up to 31 characters) by which to identify the remote IPSec router. The domain name or e-mail address that you use in the Content field is used for identification purposes only and does not need to be a real domain name or e-mail address. The domain name also does not have to match the remote router's IP address or what you configure in the Secure Gateway Address field below. Type the IP address or the domain name (up to 31 characters) of the IPSec router with which you're making the VPN connection. Set this field to 0.0.0.0 if the remote IPSec router has a dynamic WAN IP address (the Key Management field must be set to IKE, see later). Chapter 33 VPN/IPSec Setup 304

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P-202H Plus v2 User’s Guide
Chapter 33 VPN/IPSec Setup
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The following table describes the fields in this menu.
Table 101
Menu 27.1.1 IPSec Setup
FIELD
DESCRIPTION
Index
This is the VPN rule index number you selected in the previous menu.
Name
Enter a unique identification name for this VPN rule. The name may be up to 32
characters long but only 10 characters will be displayed in
Menu 27.1 - IPSec
Summary
.
Active
Press [SPACE BAR] to choose either
Yes
or
No
. Choose
Yes
and press [ENTER] to
activate the VPN tunnel. This field determines whether a VPN rule is applied before a
packet leaves the firewall.
Keep Alive
Press [SPACE BAR] to choose either
Yes
or
No
. Choose
Yes
and press [ENTER] to
have the ZyXEL Device automatically re-initiate the SA after the SA lifetime times out,
even if there is no traffic. The remote IPSec router must also have keep alive enabled
in order for this feature to work.
Local ID type
Press [SPACE BAR] to choose
IP
,
DNS
, or
E-mail
and press [ENTER].
Select
IP
to identify this ZyXEL Device by its IP address.
Select
DNS
to identify this ZyXEL Device by a domain name.
Select
E-mail
to 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 or
leave the field blank to have the ZyXEL Device automatically use its own IP address.
When you select
DNS
in the
Local ID Type
field, type a domain name (up to 31
characters) by which to identify this ZyXEL Device.
When you select
E-mail
in the
Local ID Type
field, type an e-mail address (up to 31
characters) by which to identify this ZyXEL Device.
The domain name or e-mail address that you use in the
Content
field is used for
identification purposes only and does not need to be a real domain name or e-mail
address.
My IP Addr
Enter the IP address of your ZyXEL Device. The ZyXEL Device uses its current WAN
IP address (static or dynamic) in setting up the VPN tunnel if you leave this field as
0.0.0.0.
The VPN tunnel has to be rebuilt if this IP address changes.
Peer ID type
Press [SPACE BAR] to choose
IP
,
DNS
, or
E-mail
and press [ENTER].
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-mail
to identify the remote IPSec router by an e-mail address.
Content
When you select
IP
in the
Peer ID Type
field, type the IP address of the computer with
which you will make the VPN connection or leave the field blank to have the ZyXEL
Device automatically use the address in the
Secure Gateway Address
field.
When you select
DNS
in the
Peer ID Type
field, type a domain name (up to 31
characters) by which to identify the remote IPSec router.
When you select
E-mail
in the
Peer ID Type
field, type an e-mail address (up to 31
characters) by which to identify the remote IPSec router.
The domain name or e-mail address that you use in the
Content
field is used for
identification purposes only and does not need to be a real domain name or e-mail
address. The domain name also does not have to match the remote router’s IP
address or what you configure in the
Secure Gateway Address
field below.
Secure
Gateway
Address
Type the IP address or the domain name (up to 31 characters) of the IPSec router with
which you’re making the VPN connection.
Set this field to 0.0.0.0 if the remote IPSec router has a dynamic WAN IP address (the
Key Management
field must be set to
IKE
, see later).