User`s guide

Network Menu & Forms
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To Configure VPN
To enable VPN, make sure that IPSec is enabled through the security profile
section.
1. Go to Network > VPN Connections.
The VPN Connections form appears.
2. To edit a VPN connection, select the name of the VPN connection, and
click the “Edit” button.
3. To add a VPN Connection, click the “Add” button.
The “New/Modify Connection” dialog box appears.
4. Enter any descriptive name you choose for the connection in the
“Connection Name” field.
5. Select either ESP or “AH” from the “Authentication Protocol” pull-down
menu.
6. Select “Shared Secret” or “RSA Public Keys” from the “Authentication
Method” pull-down menu.
7. Set up the right and left hosts by doing the following steps.
a. Enter the fully qualified domain name of the hosts in the “ID” fields.
These are the hostnames where the IPSec negotiation and
authentication happens. For example, [e-mail]
b. Enter the IP address of the host in the “IP Address” fields.
c. Enter the IP address of the router through which the host’s packets
reach the Internet in the “NextHop” fields.
d. Enter the netmask for the subnet in the “Subnet” fields in CIDR
notation. For example, 192.168.0.0/24 which translates to
255.255.255.0.
Boot Action
The boot action configured for the host, either Ignore, Add,
Start.
Field Name Definition