RemoteID/
PresharedKey
ThisoptionalfieldbecomesavailablewhenRemoteID/PresharedKeyisselectedasthe
PeplinkBalance’sVPNAuthenticationmethod,asexplainedabove.PresharedKey
definesthepresharedkeyusedforthisparticularVPNconnection.TheVPNconnection's
sessionkeywillbefurtherprotectedbythepresharedkey.Theconnectionwillbeuponlyif
thepresharedkeysoneachsidematch.Whenthepeerisrunningfirmware5.0+,this
settingwillbeignored.
EnterRemoteIDseitherbytypingouteachRemoteIDandPresharedKey,orbypastinga
CSV.IfyouwishtopasteaCSV,clickthe iconnexttothe“RemoteID/PresharedKey”
setting.
Remote
ID/Remote
Certificate
TheseoptionalfieldsbecomeavailablewhenX.509isselectedasthePeplinkBalance’s
VPNauthenticationmethod,asexplainedabove.ToauthenticateVPNconnectionsusing
X.509certificates,copyandpastecertificatedetailsintothesefields.Togetmore
informationonalistedX.509certificate,clicktheShowDetailslinkbelowthefield.
Whenthisoptionisenabled,therouterwillallowmultiplepeerstorunusingthesame
remoteID.
CheckthisboxtoallowthelocalDHCPservertoassignanIPaddresstotheremotepeer.
WhenNATModeisenabled,allremotetrafficovertheVPNwillbetaggedwiththe
assignedIPaddressusingnetworkaddresstranslation.
RemoteIP
Address/Host
Names
(Optional)
IfNATModeisnotenabled,youcanenteraremotepeer’sWANIPaddressor
hostname(s)here.Iftheremoteusesmorethanoneaddress,enteronlyoneofthemhere.
Multiplehostnamesareallowedandcanbeseparatedbyaspacecharacterorcarriage
return.DynamicDNShostnamesarealsoaccepted.
Thisfieldisoptional.Withthisfieldfilled,thePeplinkBalancewillinitiateconnectiontoeach
oftheremoteIPaddressesuntilitsucceedsinmakingaconnection.Ifthefieldisempty,
thePeplinkBalancewillwaitforconnectionfromtheremotepeer.Therefore,atleastoneof
thetwoVPNpeersmustspecifythisvalue.Otherwise,VPNconnectionscannotbe
established.
Clickthe icontocustomizethehandshakeport(TCP)
ThisfieldisusedtospecifyaUDPportnumberfortransportingoutgoingVPNdata.If
Defaultisselected,UDPport4500willbeused.Port32015willbeusediftheremoteunit
usesFirmwarepriortoversion5.4orifport4500isunavailable.IfCustomisselected,
enteranoutgoingportnumberfrom1to65535.
Definemaximumdownloadanduploadspeedtoeachindividualpeer.Thisfunctionality
requiresthepeertousePepVPNversion4.0.0orabove.
Definepathcostforthisprofile.
OSPFwilldeterminethebestroutethroughthenetworkusingtheassignedcost.
Default:10
WhileusingPepVPN,utilizemultipleWANlinkstoreducetheimpactofpacketlossandget
thelowestpossiblelatencyattheexpenseofextrabandwidthconsumption.Thisissuitable
forstreamingapplicationswheretheaveragebitraterequirementismuchlowerthanthe
WAN'savailablebandwidth.
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