Watchguard Firebox X15, User Manual

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Manual VPN: Setting Up Manual VPN Tunnels
User Guide 181
To create Manual VPN tunnels on your Firebox X Edge
1 To connect to the System Status page, type
https://
in the
browser address bar, and the IP address of the Edge trusted
interface.
The default URL is: https://192.168.111.1.
2
From the navigation bar, select VPN > Manual VPN .
The Manual VPN page appears.
3 Click Add .
The Add Gateway page appears.
4
Type the tunnel name and shared key.
The tunnel name is for your identification only.
The shared key is a passphrase that the devices use to encrypt and
decrypt the data on the VPN tunnel. The two devices must use the same
passphrase, or they cannot encrypt and decrypt the data correctly.
Phase 1 settings
Internet Key Exchange (IKE) is a protocol used with VPN tunnels to
manage keys automatically. IKE negotiates and changes keys. Phase
1
authenticates the two sides and creates a key management
security association to protect tunnel data.