VoIP/802.11g ADSL2+ VPN Firewall Router
Chapter 4: Configuration
L2TP Connection - LAN to LAN
Connection Name:
A user-define description of the connection.
Type:
Check
Dial Out
if you want your router to operate as a client (connecting to a remote VPN
server, e.g. your office server), check
Dial In
operates as a VPN server.
When configuring your router establish the connection to a remote LAN, enter the remote
Server IP
Address
(or Hostname)
you wish to connection to.
When configuring your router as a server to accept incoming connections, enter the
Private IP Address Assigned to Dial in User
address.
Peer Network IP:
Enter Peer network IP address.
Netmask:
Enter the subnet mask of peer network based on the Peer Network IP setting.
Username:
If you are a Dial-Out user (client), enter the username provided by your Host. If you are
a Dial-In user (server), enter your own username.
Password:
If you are a Dial-Out user (client), enter the password provided by the your Host. If you
are a Dial-In user (server), enter your own password.
PPP Authentication Type:
Default is
Auto
if you want the router to determine the authentication
type to use, or else manually specify CHAP (Challenge Handshake Authentication Protocol) or PAP
(Password Authentication Protocol) if you know which type the server is using (when acting as a
client), or else the authentication type you want clients connecting to you to use (when acting as a
server). When using PAP, the password is sent unencrypted, whilst CHAP encrypts the password
before sending, and also allows for challenges at different periods to ensure that the client has not
been replaced by an intruder.
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