IOGear BOSS GNS1000 - Manual (Page 48)

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VPN Settings
9. In Remote Host Setting: If the remote computer has
a fixed IP address (e.g. 10.0.0.9). Please select
the Fixed IP radio button.
10. Enter the remote computer’s IP address within the
Remote IP field. (e.g. 10.0.0.9)
11. Enter the remote computer’s Subnet.
(e.g. 172.17.0.0)
12. Enter the Remote Netmask of the remote
computers. (e.g. 255.255.0.0)
13. Now click the Apply button.
14. Please check the IPsec Tunnel List. In the Action
column, click the link up button to connect
immediately, or click the remove button to
remove the tunnel.
Remote Settings:
Please repeat the steps above to create the tunnel.
Note in step 9, the Remote IP field, enter the fixed IP
address of the main company and the correspond-
ing Subnet and Netmask.
Preshare Key:
The Preshare Key field is a secret key that is used to
identify the communicating host during the phase 1
IKE negotiation. It is also used idenfity the users,
much like a password. Simply enter a string of text
(i.e. isakmpkey) into the Preshare key field on both
computers. Each computer will share the same
preshare key. The IPSec Key Lifetime specifies how
long the secret key will be exchanged. If zero value is
given, it will pick up the default setting. For the Re-
mote Host Setting, you can choose the remote type
of communication for a fixed IP gateway or a dy-
namic IP gateway.
The IPSec Tunnel List displays information for each
tunnel that you build.