Nortel Networks 620 User Manual

Configuration via Local Pages

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3.5 Advanced VPN Menu

 When to use

The Advanced VPN menu gives access to two main pages where the complete 
IPSec configuration can be done. These pages are component-oriented, as opposed 
to the application-oriented pages described in sections 

 and 

. Component-

oriented means that a number of components are constructed and subsequently 
combined.

Configuring an operational IPSec connection basically consists of the definition of a 
Peer Profile and a Connection Profile. The Peer represents the remote Security 
Gateway and all the parameters required to set up an IKE Security Association to 
this Security Gateway. A Connection represents the IPSec connection and all its 
associated parameters.

All parameters of an IPSec configuration can be adjusted, so the functionality of 
these Web pages corresponds to the Command Line Interface (CLI). Choices have to 
be made in accordance to the data known to the user, and the VPN layout. 

It is highly recommended to use the application-oriented Web pages for 
VPN configurations. Only in exceptional cases, these pages will not be 
sufficiently flexible to fulfil your requirements. Only in these cases, the 
Advanced VPN menu should be used.

The Advanced VPN menu should be used by skilled persons only, as these 
pages allow you to manually adjust configuration components that are in 
general automatically generated by the SpeedTouch™. Therefore, take care 
when altering settings in the Advanced VPN menu.