- Freecom Storage Gateway NETWORK HARD DRIVE MANUAL

Freecom Storage Gateway (FSG)

Adding a new connection

To add a new VPN connection, click the 'Add connection' button.

Options Description

Status You can choose to enable or disable the connection.

Name* This is the name which will refer to the VPN connection. It is

used for internal use only.

Remote Host IP* This is the IP address of the remote host you wish to reach. If

you which to allow any IP (Road Warrior) type enter: 0.0.0.0.

Remote Network* This is the remote network you wish to reach. Example:

192.168.20.0/24

ESP encryption ESP encryption options

IKE encryption IKE encryption options

Pre-Shared Key Fill in your pre-shared key here. Please ask your network

administrator for more info

Action You can specify if you want a listening only connection or a

full connection.

Alive ping IP Here you can enter an IP address where a ping is sent every 15

minutes. This maintains a connection whenever the server

times out due to lack of activity on the other side.

Additional subnet If you want to route another subnet via the VPN tunnel, enter

its IP address here (e.g., 192.168.50.0/24).

* Fields with an asterisk (*) need to be filled out. All the rest is for experts and can be left as is.