ZyXEL Communications P-793H v3 User Manual page 134

Table 48 Security > VPN > Setup > Edit
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Local ID Type Select IP to identify this P-79X by its IP address.
Select DNS to identify this P-79X by a domain name.
Select E-mail to identify this P-79X by an e-mail address.
Content When you select IP in the Local ID Type field, type the IP address of your
computer in the local Content field. The P-79X 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 P-79X 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.
My IP Address Enter the WAN IP address of your P-79X. 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 P-79X uses the current P-79X WAN IP address (static or dynamic) to set up
the VPN tunnel.
Peer ID Type 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.
Content 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 P-79X 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 P-79X to distinguish between VPN connection requests that
come in from remote IPSec routers with dynamic WAN IP addresses.
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