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Administration Tasks Not Done in the Web Manager 81

Configuring VPN Connections

This section describes what the administrator must do to enable VPN on the

OnBoard side to enable users to create VPN tunnels to the OnBoard, which

are required for a user to obtain native IP access through the Web Manager or

through entering ssh with the nativeipon device management command.

For an introduction to this topic, see “VPN on the OnBoard” on page 32

The OnBoard administrator must do the tasks shown in the following table.

The user’s workstation must have support for one of the following types of

VPN:

• IPSec

•PPTP

The user must do the tasks in the following list to configure a VPN tunnel,

with more details described in the following sections:

• Obtain from the OnBoard administrator the values used in creating the

VPN connection profile on the OnBoard end including the PPTP

username and password if PPTP is being used.

• Configure a VPN connection profile on the user’s remote computer.

• If a route is needed to enable the user’s workstation and the OnBoard to

exchange packets, specify it in the IPSec connection profile or create a

route manually.

Table 2-2: Tasks for Configuring VPN Connections

Task Where Described

Make sure that the appropriate service for

the desired type of VPN connection is

enabled (either PPTP or IPSec).

“OnBoard Services” on page 21

Configure a VPN connection profile on the

OnBoard for the type of VPN connections

that are being used.

“Configuring VPN Connections” on page

275

Also see examples under: “Address

Configuration for Connected Devices” on

page 372