Nortel Networks 620 User Manual

Configuration via the Command Line Interface

E-DOC-CTC-20051017-0169 v0.1

4.4.1 Peer parameters

Parameters table

The following table shows the peer parameters:

Peer name [name]

The peer name identifies the peer entity. This name only has local significance 
inside the SpeedTouch™. This parameter is not used in the IKE negotiations with 
the remote Security Gateway.

Peer parameters

Parameter

Keyword

Description

Peer name

name

Mandatory. Identifies the peer entity. 

Remote peer address

remoteaddr

Mandatory. The public IP address or 
host name of the remote Security 
Gateway.

Backup remote peer 
address

backupaddr

Optional. The public IP address or host 
name of a backup remote Security 
Gateway. 

Exchange mode

exchmode

Mandatory. Determines the IKE 
exchange mode 

Local identifier

localid

Mandatory. Identifies the local Security 
Gateway during IKE negotiation.

Remote identifier

remoteid

Mandatory. Identifies the remote 
Security Gateway during the Phase 1 
negotiation.

Physical interface

phyif

Mandatory. Identifies the 
SpeedTouch™ physical interface to 
which the local IPSec peer is tied.

Descriptor

descr

Mandatory. The name of the Peer 
Security Descriptor that applies to the 
Phase 1 negotiation. Either a built-in 
descriptor or a user-defined descriptor 
can be used. 

Authentication attribute

auth

Mandatory. Holds the authentication 
method and its associated parameters. 

Client/server

client/
server

Optional. Specifies a dialup VPN client/
server descriptor

Options

options

Optional. A number of options 
influencing the VPN behaviour can be 
set. 

For a basic IPSec configuration only a subset of the peer parameters need to 
be set to a specified value. Some parameters may remain unset.