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ProSafe VPN Firewall 200 FVX538 Reference Manual

VPN Telecommuter: Dual Gateway WAN Ports for Load Balancing

In the case of the dual WAN ports on the gateway VPN firewall, the remote PC client initiates the
VPN tunnel with the appropriate gateway WAN port (i.e., port WAN1 or WAN2 as necessary to
balance the loads of the two gateway WAN ports) because the IP address of the remote NAT router
is not known in advance. The chosen gateway WAN port must act as the responder.
Figure B-20
The IP addresses of the gateway WAN ports can be either fixed or dynamic. If an IP address is
dynamic, a fully-qualified domain name must be used. If an IP address is fixed, a fully-qualified
domain name is optional.
B-20 Network Planning for Dual WAN Ports
v1.0, March 2009