Quick Reference Guide

ProSafe Wireless-N VPN Firewall SRXN3205 Reference Manual
6-6 Virtual Private Networking Using IPsec
v1.0, January 2010
5. Enter a Pre-shared Key. The key must be entered both here and on the VPN Client. This key
length should be minimum 8 characters and should not exceed 49 characters.
6. The public Remote and Local Identifier are automatically filled in by pre-pending the first
several letters of the model number of your gateway to form FQDNs used in the VPN policies.
In this example, we are using srxn_remote.com, and srxn_local.com.
7. Click Apply to save your settings.
The VPN Policies screen is displayed showing the new policy as enabled.
To view or modify the VPN policy, see “Configuring VPN Policies” on page 6-20.
Creating a VPN Client to VPN Firewall Connection
This section describes how to configure a VPN connection between a Windows PC and the VPN
firewall.
Using the VPN firewall’s VPN Wizard, we will create VPN client policies (IKE and VPN) that
will allow remote PCs to connect from locations in which their IP addresses are unknown in
advance. The PCs may be directly connected to the Internet or may be located behind NAT routers.
Tip: To assure tunnels stay active, after completing the wizard, manually edit the
VPN policy to enable keepalive which periodically sends ping packets to the
host on the peer side of the network to keep the tunnel alive.
Figure 6-5