Technicolor - Thomson 605 User Manual

Expert Configuration

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5.7.5 Advanced

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 

, 

. Component-

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

How to use

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.