Billion Electric Company 8500 User Manual

Billion BIPAC-8500 / 8520 SHDSL VPN Firewall Bridge / Router

Chapter 4: Configuration

Configure a new VPN Connection

Connection Name:

A user-defined name for the connection (e.g. “connection to office”).

Local:

Local Network:

Set the IP address, subnet or address range of the local network.

Single Address:

The IP address of the local host.

Subnet:

The subnet of the local network. For example, IP: 192.168.1.0 with netmask

255.255.255.0 specifies one class C subnet starting from 192.168.1.1 (i.e. 192.168.1.1
through to 192.168.1.254).

IP Range:

The IP address range of the local network. For example, IP: 192.168.1.1,

end IP: 192.168.1.10

Remote:

Secure Gateway Address (or hostname):

The IP address or hostname of the remote

VPN device that is connected and establishes a VPN tunnel.

Network:

Set the IP address, subnet or address range of the remote network.

Proposal:

Select the IPSec security method. There are two methods of checking the

authentication information, AH (authentication header) and ESP (Encapsulating Security
Payload). Use ESP for greater security so that data will be encrypted and authenticated.
Using AH data will be authenticated but not encrypted.