Before You Begin; The Vpn Connection Screen - ZyXEL Communications ZyWALL USG 300 User Manual

Chapter 25 IPSec VPN
• See Section 25.5 on page 501
• See Section 5.3 on page 81
• See Section 7.5 on page 141
• See Section 7.6 on page 144
spoke IPSec VPN without using a VPN concentrator.

25.1.3 Before You Begin

This section briefly explains the relationship between VPN tunnels and other
features. It also gives some basic suggestions for troubleshooting.
You should set up the following features before you set up the VPN tunnel.
• In any VPN connection, you have to select address objects to specify the local
policy and remote policy. You should set up the address objects first.
• In a VPN gateway, you can select an Ethernet interface, virtual Ethernet
interface, VLAN interface, or virtual VLAN interface to specify what address the
ZyWALL uses as its IP address when it establishes the IKE SA. You should set up
the interface first. See
• In a VPN gateway, you can enable extended authentication. If the ZyWALL is in
server mode, you should set up the authentication method (AAA server) first.
The authentication method specifies how the ZyWALL authenticates the remote
IPSec router. See
• In a VPN gateway, the ZyWALL and remote IPSec router can use certificates to
authenticate each other. Make sure the ZyWALL and the remote IPSec router
will trust each other's certificates. See

25.2 The VPN Connection Screen

Click Configuration > VPN > IPSec VPN to open the VPN Connection screen.
The VPN Connection screen lists the VPN connection policies and their
associated VPN gateway(s), and various settings. In addition, it also lets you
activate / deactivate and connect / disconnect each VPN connection (each IPSec
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for IPSec VPN background information.
for the IPSec VPN quick setup wizard.
for an example of configuring IPSec VPN.
for an example of how to configure a hub-and-
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