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Getting started
8 System Administrator’s Guide
Getting started
To get started with the Shiva VPN Gateway
refer to the printed Quick Start guide.
Once your Shiva VPN Gateway is operational you can customize its settings as
described in this document.
Chapter Description
Chapter 2 This chapter describes the Network Setup section of the Web
Management Console. Here you can configure each of your Shiva
VPN Gateway's network ports (Ethernet, serial). Network ports
may be configured for Internet connection, LAN connection,
remote dial-in access or Internet failover.
Chapter 3 The Shiva 500 VPN Gateway enables remote and secure access
to your office network. This chapter shows how to set up the dial-in
features.
Chapter 3 The Shiva VPN Gateway can act as a DHCP server for machines
on your local network. To configure your Shiva VPN Gateway as
a DHCP server, you must set a static IP address and netmask on
the LAN port.
Chapter 4 The Shiva VPN Gateway is equipped with a fully featured, stateful
firewall. The firewall allows you to control both incoming and
outgoing access, so that computers on the LAN can have tailored
Internet access facilities and are shielded from malicious attacks.
By default the firewall is active, and allows all outgoing
connections and blocks all incoming connections.
Chapter 5 This chapter details how to configure the PPTP client, how to
establish an IPSec tunnel, and also provides an overview of GRE
and L2TP VPN tunneling.
Chapter 6 This chapter describes how to configure various management
options such as date and time, users, administrator settings, and
diagnostics.
Chapter 7 This chapter describes terms that are commonly used in this
document.
Chapter 8 This chapter provides regulatory information for all regions.