Siemens SIMATIC NET SCALANCE S615 Configuration Manual page 75

"Optional Settings" area
● Auto Firewall/NAT Rules
– Enabled
– Disabled
● Type of connection
Specify the type of VPN connection. For more detailed information, refer to the section "VPN
connection establishment".
– Auto
– Permanent
– Digital Input
● Use Proxy
Specify whether a connection to the defined SINEMA RC Server is established via a proxy
server. Only the proxy servers can be selected that you configured in "System > Proxy
Server".
● Autoenrollment Interval [min]
Specify the period of time in minutes after which queries are sent to the SINEMA RC server..
With these queries, the device checks whether there is a newer firmware file on the SINEMA
RC server.
If you enter the value 0, this function is disabled.
● Timeout [min]
Specify the period of time in minutes. If no data exchange takes place, when this time has
elapsed the VPN tunnel is automatically terminated.
SCALANCE S615 Web Based Management
Configuration Manual, 11/2019, C79000-G8976-C388-08
The firewall and NAT rules are created automatically for the VPN connection. The
connections between the configured exported subnets and the subnets that can be
reached via the SINEMA RC Server are allowed. The NAT settings are implemented as
configured in the SINEMA RC Server.
You can enable SINEMA RC to access specific services of the device under "Security >
Firewall > Predefined IPv4".
You will need to create the firewall and NAT rules yourself.
The device adopts the settings of the SINEMA RC server. You configure the settings on
the SINEMA RC Server in "Remote Connections > Devices". You will find further
information on this topic in the operating instructions "SINEMA RC Server".
The settings of the SINEMA RC server are ignored. The device establishes a VPN
connection to the SINEMA RC Server. The VPN tunnel is established permanently
The settings of the SINEMA RC server are ignored. If the "Digital In" event occurs, the
device attempts to establish a VPN connection to the SINEMA RC Server. This is on the
condition that the event "Digital In" is forwarded to the VPN connection. To do this in
"System > Events > Configuration" activate "VPN Tunnel" for the "Digital In" event.
Configuring with Web Based Management
4.3 "Wizard" menu
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