Keep Alive; Vpn, Nat, And Nat Traversal - ZyXEL Communications P-2802H(W)(L)-I Series User Manual

Table 71 VPN Setup
LABEL
Remote
Address
Encap.
IPSec Algorithm This field displays the security protocols used for an SA.
Secure
Gateway IP
Modify
Apply
Cancel

14.6 Keep Alive

When you initiate an IPSec tunnel with keep alive enabled, the ZyXEL Device automatically
renegotiates the tunnel when the IPSec SA lifetime period expires (see
198 for more on the IPSec SA lifetime). In effect, the IPSec tunnel becomes an "always on"
connection after you initiate it. Both IPSec routers must have a ZyXEL Device-compatible
keep alive feature enabled in order for this feature to work.
If the ZyXEL Device has its maximum number of simultaneous IPSec tunnels connected to it
and they all have keep alive enabled, then no other tunnels can take a turn connecting to the
ZyXEL Device because the ZyXEL Device never drops the tunnels that are already connected.
When there is outbound traffic with no inbound traffic, the ZyXEL Device automatically
drops the tunnel after two minutes.

14.7 VPN, NAT, and NAT Traversal

NAT is incompatible with the AH protocol in both transport and tunnel mode. An IPSec VPN
using the AH protocol digitally signs the outbound packet, both data payload and headers,
with a hash value appended to the packet, but a NAT device between the IPSec endpoints
rewrites the source or destination address. As a result, the VPN device at the receiving end
finds a mismatch between the hash value and the data and assumes that the data has been
maliciously altered.
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DESCRIPTION
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 Secure 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 Address Type
field in the VPN Setup - Editscreen is configured to Single.
The beginning and ending (static) IP addresses, in a range of computers are
displayed when the Remote Address Type field in the VPN Setup - Edit screen is
configured to Range.
A (static) IP address and a subnet mask are displayed when the Remote Address
Type field in the VPN Setup - Edit screen is configured to Subnet.
This field displays Tunnel or Transport mode (Tunnel is the default selection).
Both AH and ESP increase ZyXEL Device processing requirements and
communications latency (delay).
This is the static WAN IP address or URL of the remote IPSec router. This field
displays 0.0.0.0 when you configure the Secure Gateway Address field in the VPN-
IKE screen to 0.0.0.0.
Click the Edit icon to go to the screen where you can edit the VPN configuration.
Click the Remove icon to remove an existing VPN configuration.
Click this to save your changes and apply them to the ZyXEL Device.
Click this return your settings to their last saved values.
Chapter 14 VPN Screens
Section 14.12 on page
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