Revised 2017-08-31
Network Tab
Drawing No. LP0997-C
Tunneling
Sixnet
®
Series SN/RAM
®
6000 & RAM 9000 Software Manual
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Inbound Key:
Specify a key for use with keyed GRE. Key is either a number or an IP address. The Inbound
Key is used for input only. This is an optional field.
Outbound Key:
Specify a key for use with keyed GRE. Key is either a number or an IP address. The
Outbound Key is used for output only. This is an optional field.
Time-to-Live (Required):
Set a fixed Time-to-Live for tunneled packets. The recommended setting for this
field is 64. Values over 64 may cause connection failures.
Use Multicast:
Select Yes to enable Multicast for the tunnel.
Use ARP:
Select Yes to enable ARP for the tunnel.
Start Tunnel at Boot:
Select Yes to allow the interface to become active at system start.
Use DNS Lookup for RemoteIP:
Select Yes to use DNS Lookup for the Remote IP. Every 5 minutes this will
be resolved against the servers found in Network >DNS Settings. If the resolved IP changes, the tunnel will be
restarted with the new Remote IP.
Use this option to allow units with dynamic IPs to maintain a GRE tunnel. This requires the use of DynDNS, or
other dynamic DNS updating protocols to populate the dynamic IP changes.
Click on the
Finish
button. You will be returned to the GRE Tunnels dialog window and the Configuration Table will
now be populated with the recently entered data.
To delete an existing rule, select it in the table and click on the
Delete
button. To edit an existing rule, select it in the
table and click on the
Edit
button.
Click on the
Save
button for changes to be saved without activating the interface until you reboot the unit, the
Apply
button will save your settings and apply them immediately. To revert to the previous defaults, click on the
Revert
button.
IP
in
IP
Tunnels
The IP in IP Tunnels menu items is used to configure a simple IP Tunnel. IP in IP Tunnel essentially encapsulates
an IP packet into another packet with the same protocol as the transport protocol.
Click on the
IP in IP Tunnels
menu item and the following window appears: