User guide

Configuring Virtual Private Networks
136 WatchGuard Firebox X Edge
Getting information about the DVCP Server
You must get this information from the administrator of the DVCP
Server Firebox:
• Find out if the DVCP Server Firebox is a Basic DVCP Server or a
VPN Manager DVCP Server.
Find the procedure below to set up the Edge for Basic DVCP or
VPN Manager.
• The DVCP shared key
This is different from the VPN shared key that you use to create
a Manual VPN. When the DVCP Client gets its VPN
configuration information from the DVCP Server, the DVCP
shared key is used to encrypt these connections. The DVCP
Server automatically makes the shared key that encrypts actual
tunnel data, and sends this key to the Edge when it sends the
Edge its VPN configuration.
You do not have to know this information if you have a Firebox
X Edge with a public IP address on the external interface that is
static, and if the Edge will be a client of a VPN Manager DVCP
Server. VPN Manager automatically makes the DVCP shared key
and sends it to the Edge.
•Client name
This name is case-sensitive.
You do not have to know this information if you have a static
Firebox X Edge that will be a client of a VPN Manager DVCP
Server. VPN Manager automatically gets this and sends it to the
Edge.
• The external IP address of the DVCP Server
You do not have to know this information if you have a static
Firebox X Edge that will be a client of a VPN Manager DVCP
Server. VPN Manager can connect to your Firebox X Edge
because it knows the Edge’s static external IP address.
• The VPN Manager status and configuration passphrases
This information is not used for Basic DVCP.