User Manual
GWR High Speed Cellular Router Series
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Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)
IPSec (
Internet Protocol Security
) is a protocol suite for securing Internet Protocol communication by
authenticating and encrypting each IP packet of a data stream.
Click
VPN Settings
-
IPSec
, to open the VPN configuration screen. At the
you can see IPSec Summary. This screen gathers information about settings of all defined IPSec
tunnels. Up to 3 IPSec tunnels can be defined on GWR router.
If you cannot use IP address as a peer identifier at one side of the tunnel (private IP subnet)
aggressive mode has to be utilized.
IPSec Summary and IPSec Settings are briefly displayed in following figures and tables.
Figure 28– IPSec Summary screen
VPN Settings / IPSec Summary
Label
Description
Tunnels Used
This is the number of IPSec tunnels being defined.
Maximum number of
tunnels
This is the maximum number of tunnels which can be defined. Maximum number
of tunnels is 15.
No
This filed indicates the number of the IPSec tunnel.
Name
Field shows the Tunnel Name that you gave to the IPSec tunnel.
Enabled
This field shows if tunnel is enabled or disabled. After clicking on
Start
button,
only enabled tunnels will be started.
Status
Field indicates status of the IPSec tunnel. Click on
Refresh
button to see current
status of defined IPSec tunnels.
Enc/Auth/Grp
This field shows both Phase 1 and Phase 2 details, Encryption method
3DES, AES
(128/192/256), SERPENT(128/192/256), TWOFISH(128/256), BLOWFISH(128/192/256).
Authentication method (MD5/SHA1), and DH Group number (1/2/5) that you
have defined in the IPSec Setup section.
Advanced
Field shows the chosen mode of IPSec and options from IPSec Advanced section
by displaying the first letters of enabled options.
Local Group
Field shows the IP address and subnet mask of the Local Group.
