User`s guide

Configuration>Network>VPN Connections
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AlterPath OnSite Administrator’s and User’s Guide
T To Configure VPN [Expert]
To enable VPN, make sure that IPsec is also enabled. For details about the
information you need to complete this screen, see Table 1-25, “Field and
Menu Options for Configuring a VPN Connection,” on page 55, if needed.
1. Go to Configuration>Network>VPN Connections in Expert mode.
The VPN Connections screen appears.
2. To edit a VPN connection, select the name, and click “Edit.”
3. To add a VPN Connection, click “Add.”
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 either “Ignore, “Add,” or “Start” from the “Boot Action pull-down
menu.
7. Select “Shared Secret” or “RSA Public Keys” from the “Authentication
Method” pull-down menu.
8. Set up the right and left hosts by doing the following steps.
a. Enter the name of the host in the “ID” field.
b. Enter the IP address of the host in the “IP Address” field.
c. Enter the IP address of the router through which the host’s packets
reach the Internet in the “NextHop” field.
d. Enter the netmask for the subnet in the “Subnet Mask” field.
e. If “RSA Key” is selected, generate the key for the OnSite (left host)
and find out the key from the remote gateway (where the right host
resides). If desired, use copy and paste to enter the key in the “RSA
Key” field.
f. If “Shared Secret” is selected, enter the shared secret in the “Pre-
Shared Secret” field.
g. Click OK.