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Policy Type From the list, select the policy type:
• Auto Policy. Some settings (the ones in the Manual Policy Parameters
section) for the VPN tunnel are generated automatically.
• Manual Policy.
All settings must be specified manually, including the ones
in the Manual Policy Parameters section.
Remote Endpoint Select how the remote endpoint is defined:
• IP Address. Enter the IP address of the remote endpoint in the fields to th
e
right of the radio button.
• FQDN. Enter the F
QDN of the remote endpoint in the field to the right of the
radio button.
Enable NetBIOS? Select this check box
to enable NetBIOS broadcasts to travel over the VPN
tunnel. For more information about NetBIOS, see Configure NetBIOS Bridging
with IPSec VPN on page 280. This feature is disabled by default.
Enable Auto Initiate Select this check box to enable the VPN tunnel to autoestablish itself without the
presence of any traffic.
Note: The direction and type of the IKE policy that is associated with this VPN
policy must be either Initiator or Both but cannot be Responder. For more
information, see Manually Add or Edit an IKE Policy on page 241.
Enable Keepalive
Note: See also
Configure Keep-Alives
and Dead Peer Detection
on page 276.
Select whether keep-alive is enabled:
• Ye
s. This feature is enabled: Periodically, the VPN firewall sends keep-alive
requests (ping packets) to the remote endpoint to keep the tunnel alive. You
must specify the ping IP address in the Ping IP Address field, the detection
period in the Detection Period field, and the maximum number of
keep-alive requests that the VPN firewall sends in the Reconnect after
failure count field.
• No.
This feature is disabled. This is the default setting.
Ping IP Address The IP address that the VPN firewall pings. The address
must be of a host that can respond to ICMP ping requests.
Detection Period The period in seconds between the keep-alive requests. The
default setting is 10 seconds.
Reconnect after
failure count
The maximum number of keep-alive requests before the
VPN firewall tears down the connection and then attempts to
reconnect to the remote endpoint. The default setting is 3
keep-alive requests.
Table 53. Add New VPN Policy screen settings for IPv4 and IPv6 (continued)
Setting Description
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