User's Manual

Chapter 21 IPSec
VSG1435-B101 Series User’s Guide
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Finding Out More
See Section 21.4 on page 260 for advanced technical information on IPSec VPN.
21.2 The IPSec Status Screen
Click Security Settings > IPSec > Status to open the screen as shown. Use this
screen to display and manage active VPN connections.
A Security Association (SA) is the group of security settings related to a specific
VPN tunnel. This screen displays active VPN connections. Use Refresh to display
active VPN connections. This screen is read-only. The following table describes the
fields in this tab.
Figure 116 Security Settings > IPSec > Status
The following table describes the fields in this screen.
Table 85 Security Settings > IPSec > Status
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Refresh
Interval
Select how often the screen should be refreshed from the drop-down list
box.
Status This field displays whether the VPN connection is up (a yellow bulb) or
down (a gray bulb).
Connection
Name
This field displays the identification name for this VPN policy.
Remote
Gateway
This is the static WAN IP address or URL of the remote IPSec router.
Local
Addresses
This is the IP address of computer(s) on your local network behind your
ZyXEL Device.
Remote
Addresses
This is the IP address of computer(s) on the remote network behind the
remote IPSec router.
Action Click Trigger to establish a VPN connection with the remote network.