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Chapter 15 IPSec VPN
NBG420N User’s Guide
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The following table describes the fields in this screen.
15.2.1 VPN Rule Setup (Basic)
Click the Edit icon in the General screen to display the Rule Setup screen.
This figure helps explain the main fields.
Table 62 Security > VPN > General
LABEL DESCRIPTION
# This is the VPN policy index number.
Active This field displays whether the VPN policy is active or not.
This icon is turned on when the rule is enabled.
Local Addr. This displays the beginning and ending (static) IP addresses or a (static) IP address
and a subnet mask of computer(s) on your local network behind your NBG420N.
Remote Addr. This displays the beginning and ending (static) IP addresses or a (static) IP address
and a subnet mask of computer(s) on the remote network behind the remote IPSec
router.
This field displays 0.0.0.0 when the Secure Gateway Address field displays 0.0.0.0.
In this case only the remote IPSec router can initiate the VPN.
Encap. This field displays Tunnel or Transport mode (Tunnel is the default selection).
Algorithm This field displays the security protocol, encryption algorithm and authentication
algorithm used for an SA.
Gateway This is the static WAN IP address or URL of the remote IPSec router. This field
displays 0.0.0.0 when you configure the Secure Gateway Address field in the Rule
Setup screen to 0.0.0.0.
Modify Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can edit the VPN rule.
Click the Remove icon to remove an existing VPN rule.
Windows
Networking
(NetBIOS over
TCP/IP)
NetBIOS (Network Basic Input/Output System) are TCP or UDP packets that enable
a computer to find other computers. It may sometimes be necessary to allow
NetBIOS packets to pass through VPN tunnels in order to allow local computers to
find computers on the remote network and vice versa.
Allow NetBIOS
Traffic Through
IPSec Tunnel
Select this check box to send NetBIOS packets through the VPN connection.
Apply Click Apply to save your changes back to the NBG420N.
Reset Click Reset to begin configuring this screen afresh.