ZyXEL Communications P-2612HW-F1 User Manual page 267

Table 77 Security > VPN > Setup > Edit
LABEL
Content
My IP Address
Peer ID Type
Content
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DESCRIPTION
When you select IP in the Local ID Type field, type the IP address of
your computer in the local Content field. The ZyXEL Device
automatically uses the IP address in the My IP Address field (refer to
the My IP Address field description) if you configure the local
Content field to 0.0.0.0 or leave it blank.
It is recommended that you type an IP address other than 0.0.0.0 in
the local Content field or use the DNS or E-mail ID type in the
following situations.
When there is a NAT router between the two IPSec routers.
When you want the remote IPSec router to be able to distinguish
between VPN connection requests that come in from IPSec routers with
dynamic WAN IP addresses.
When you select DNS or E-mail in the Local ID Type field, type a
domain name or e-mail address by which to identify this ZyXEL Device
in the local Content field. Use up to 31 ASCII characters including
spaces, although trailing spaces are truncated. The domain name or e-
mail address is for identification purposes only and can be any string.
Enter the WAN IP address of your ZyXEL Device. The VPN tunnel has to
be rebuilt if this IP address changes.
The following applies if this field is configured as 0.0.0.0:
The ZyXEL Device uses the current ZyXEL Device WAN IP address
(static or dynamic) to set up the VPN tunnel.
Select IP to identify the remote IPSec router by its IP address.
Select DNS to identify the remote IPSec router by a domain name.
Select E-mail to identify the remote IPSec router by an e-mail
address.
The configuration of the peer content depends on the peer ID type.
For IP, type the IP address of the computer with which you will make
the VPN connection. If you configure this field to 0.0.0.0 or leave it
blank, the ZyXEL Device will use the address in the Secure Gateway
Address field (refer to the Secure Gateway Address field
description).
For DNS or E-mail, type a domain name or e-mail address by which to
identify the remote IPSec router. Use up to 31 ASCII characters
including spaces, although trailing spaces are truncated. The domain
name or e-mail address is for identification purposes only and can be
any string.
It is recommended that you type an IP address other than 0.0.0.0 or
use the DNS or E-mail ID type in the following situations:
When there is a NAT router between the two IPSec routers.
When you want the ZyXEL Device to distinguish between VPN
connection requests that come in from remote IPSec routers with
dynamic WAN IP addresses.
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