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Manual VPN: Setting Up Manual VPN Tunnels
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To create Manual VPN tunnels on your Firebox X Edge
1 To connect to the System Status page, type https:// in the
browser address bar, and the IP address of the Edge trusted
interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1.
2 From the navigation bar, select VPN > Manual VPN.
The Manual VPN page appears.
3 Click Add.
The Add Gateway page appears.
4 Type the name and shared key.
The tunnel name is for your identification only. It does not have to be
the same as anything on the other device.
The shared key is a passphrase that the devices use to encrypt and
decrypt the data on the VPN tunnel. The two devices use the same
passphrase. If the devices do not have the same passphrase, they cannot
encrypt and decrypt the data correctly.
Phase 1 settings
Internet Key Exchange (IKE) is a protocol used with VPN tunnels to
manage keys automatically. IKE negotiates and changes keys. Phase