Red Lion IndustrialPr 6000 Router User Manual
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Software User Guide
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Network Tab
To add a GRE Tunnel:
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Click on the Add button and the following window will appear:
Tunnel Name: Select the name of the GRE name by choosing one of the options available in the provided drop‐down
list.
Enabled: Select Yes to enable the tunnel.
Local bind‐to IP: Set the local bind IP address for tunneled packets. This field is optional. Note: If supplied, the Local IP
Address must be an address on another interface of this host. If not supplied, tunneled packets can be received from
any interface.
Local Endpoint IP/Mask (Required): Set the local GRE IP Endpoint IP/mask.
Remote Public IP (Required): Set the Remote Public IP for this GRE connection.
Remote Endpoint IP/Mask (Required): Set the Remote GRE IP Endpoint IP/mask.
Inbound Key: Specify a key for use with keyed GRE. Key is either a number or an IP address. The Inbound Key is used
for input only. This is an optional field.
Outbound Key: Specify a key for use with keyed GRE. Key is either a number or an IP address. The Outbound Key is
used for output only. This is an optional field.
Time‐to‐Live (Required): Set a fixed Time‐to‐Live for tunneled packets. The recommended setting for this field is 64.
Values over 64 may cause connection failures.
Use Multicast: Select Yes to enable Multicast for the tunnel.
Use ARP: Select Yes to enable ARP for the tunnel.
Start Tunnel at Boot: Select Yes to allow the interface to become active at system start.
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Click on the Finish button. You will be returned to the GRE Tunnels dialog window and the Configuration Table will
now be populated with the recently entered data.
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To delete an existing rule, select it in the table and click on the Delete button. To edit an existing rule, select it in
the table and click on the Edit button.