ZyXEL Communications 2 Plus User Manual

Chapter 14 IPSec VPN

ZyWALL 2 Plus User’s Guide

Figure 184   SECURITY > VPN > VPN Rules (Manual) 

The following table describes the labels in this screen. 

Table 71   SECURITY > VPN > VPN Rules (Manual)

#

This is the VPN policy index number.

Name

This field displays the identification name for this VPN policy. 

Active

This field displays whether the VPN policy is active or not. A Yes signifies that this 

VPN policy is active. No signifies that this VPN policy is not active.

Local Network

This is the IP address(es) of computer(s) on your local network behind your 

ZyWALL. 
The same (static) IP address is displayed twice when the Local Network Address 

Type field in the VPN - Manual Key - Edit screen is configured to Single Address. 
The beginning and ending (static) IP addresses, in a range of computers are 

displayed when the Local Network Address Type field in the VPN - Manual Key - 

Edit screen is configured to Range Address.
A (static) IP address and a subnet mask are displayed when the Local Network 

Address Type field in the VPN - Manual Key - Edit screen is configured to 

Subnet Address. 

Remote Network

This is the IP address(es) of computer(s) on the remote network behind the remote 

IPSec router.
This field displays N/A when the Remote Gateway Address field displays 0.0.0.0. 

In this case only the remote IPSec router can initiate the VPN.
The same (static) IP address is displayed twice when the Remote Network 

Address Type field in the VPN - Manual Key - Edit screen is configured to Single 

Address. 
The beginning and ending (static) IP addresses, in a range of computers are 

displayed when the Remote Network Address Type field in the VPN - Manual 

Key - Edit screen is configured to Range Address.
A (static) IP address and a subnet mask are displayed when the Remote Network 

Address Type field in the VPN - Manual Key - Edit screen is configured to 

Subnet Address. 

Encap.

This field displays Tunnel or Transport mode (Tunnel is the default selection).

IPSec Algorithm

This field displays the security protocols used for an SA. 
Both AH and ESP increase ZyWALL processing requirements and 

communications latency (delay). 

Remote Gateway 

Address

This is the static WAN IP address of the remote IPSec router. 

Modify

Click the edit icon to edit the VPN policy. 
Click the delete icon to remove the VPN policy. A window displays asking you to 

confirm that you want to delete the VPN rule. When a VPN policy is deleted, 

subsequent policies move up in the page list.

Add

Click Add to add a new VPN policy.