Alcatel-Lucent omniaccess User Manual

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The aim of this document is to help users configure VPN using 
the web-interface.

The combination of L2TP and IPSec, known as L2TP/IPSec, is a 
highly secure technology for making remote access virtual private 
network (VPN) connections across public networks such as the 
Internet. In case of wireless, VPN can also be used to further 
secure the wireless data from attackers. The Alcatel Mobility 
Controllers can be used as a VPN concentrator terminating all 
VPN connections from wire and wireless users. For Windows, a 
dialer can be downloaded from the switch to auto configure the 
tunnel settings on the dialer. This document primarily deals with 
the configuration of VPN tunnels – L2TP and PPTP.

To configure VPN on the switch, the VPN Authentication method 
needs to be enabled first. 

The following pre-requisites must be configured:

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Role – The role that will be assigned as the default role for 
the 802.1x users. (Refer to document on firewall policies 
to configure roles).

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Derivation rules if present will take precedence over this 
setting.

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Authentication Server – The authentication server the 
switch would use to validate the users. (Refer to docu-
ment on authentication servers for configuration details)