ZyXEL Communications P-660HN-51 - 13.3 The IPSec Status Screen; 13.4 Technical Reference

Chapter 13 IPSec
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13.3 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 80 Security Settings > IPSec > Status
The following table describes the fields in this screen.
13.4 Technical Reference
This section provides some technical background information about the topics covered in this chapter.
Authentication Key Type 32 hexadecimal ("0-9", "A-F") characters if you select to use the MD5
authentication algorithm or 40 hexadecimal characters if you use the SHA1
authentication algorithm.
SPI Type a hexadecimal number from 111 to FFFFFFFF for the Security Parameter Index.
Apply/Save Click Apply/Save to save your changes and return to the IPSec screen.
Cancel Click Cancel to exit this screen without saving.
Table 56 IPSec Settings > Add/Edit: Manual (continued)
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Table 57 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.