ZyXEL Communications ZyXEL ZyAIR 100 - Manual (Page 498)

ZyWALL 10~100 Series Internet Security Gateway
39-8 VPN/IPSec Setup
Table 39-2 Menu 27.1.1: IPSec Setup
FIELD DESCRIPTION EXAMPLE
My IP Addr Enter the IP address of your ZyWALL. The ZyWALL 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.
0.0.0.0
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 in the peer
Content field. The ZyWALL automatically uses the address in the Secure
Gateway Address field (refer to the Secure Gateway Address field
description) if you configure the peer Content field to 0.0.0.0 or leave it
blank.
It is recommended that you type an IP address other than 0.0.0.0 in the
peer Content field or use the DNS or E-mail ID type in the following
situations.
When there is a NAT router between the two IPSec routers.
When you want the ZyWALL to distinguish between VPN
connection requests that come in from remote IPSec routers with
dynamic WAN IP addresses.
When you select DNS or E-mail in the Peer ID type field, type a domain
name or e-mail address by which to identify the remote IPSec router in the
peer Content field. Use up to 31 ASCII characters including spaces,
although trailing spaces are truncated. The domain name or e-mail
address is for identification purposes only and can be any string.
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).
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Protocol Enter 1 for ICMP, 6 for TCP, 17 for UDP, etc. 0 is the default and signifies
any protocol. 0