Cisco Cisco ISA550 Integrated Security Appliance Quick Setup Guide
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Application Note
Configuring a Teleworker VPN Client on the Cisco ISA500
Security Appliance
Security Appliance
This application note describes how to configure a Teleworker VPN Client on the Cisco ISA500 security
appliance. This document includes the following sections:
appliance. This document includes the following sections:
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Overview
The Teleworker VPN Client feature minimizes the configuration requirements at remote locations by
allowing the ISA500 to work as a Cisco VPN hardware client so that it receives the VPN security policies
on a VPN tunnel from a remote IPsec VPN server. This solution is ideal for remote offices with limited IT
support or for large Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) deployments where it is not practical to
configure multiple remote devices individually.
allowing the ISA500 to work as a Cisco VPN hardware client so that it receives the VPN security policies
on a VPN tunnel from a remote IPsec VPN server. This solution is ideal for remote offices with limited IT
support or for large Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) deployments where it is not practical to
configure multiple remote devices individually.
shows a Cisco device configured as an IPsec VPN server. When the ISA500 (acting as a
Teleworker VPN Client) initiates the VPN connection, the IPsec VPN server pushes the IPsec policies to
the client and creates the corresponding VPN tunnel.
the client and creates the corresponding VPN tunnel.
Figure 1
IPsec Remote Access with an IPsec VPN Server