3Com OfficeConnect User Manual page 61

For each connection configured for the Router, a row is added to
the table. Each row contains the following items:
Delete button — deletes the VPN connection on that row.
This will prevent the device or user from establishing a secure
connection with the Router in future.
Name — Identifies the tunnel. Clicking the name of a
connection displays the Edit VPN Connection screen. See
"Adding and Editing VPN Connections"
Description — A text description that enables you to identify
a connection. This field in the table additionally displays
whether the connection is currently active.
Type — Indicates the type of connection.
Enabled — This check box allows you to enable or disable a
connection without deleting it and thus losing the connection
details. Check this box to enable a connection. Clear this box
to disable the connection. If the connection is active it will be
disconnected.
Test — attempts to establish a connection (in Gateway to
Gateway mode only).
Additionally there are three buttons outside the table:
Help — displays the online help page for this screen.
Refresh — updates the contents of the window allowing you
to see the current status of connections.
New — creates a new VPN connection. See
Editing VPN Connections"
below.
"Adding and
below.
Adding and Editing VPN Connections
This screen also allows you to add new IPSec, L2TP over IPSec
and PPTP connections and to edit existing ones. When adding or
amending values on this screen remember that both sides of an
IPSec, L2TP over IPSec or PPTP connection must contain the same
information.
An IPSec, L2TP over IPSec or PPTP connection cannot therefore
be activated until both ends of the tunnel have been configured.
Connection Type — choose either Gateway to Gateway (only
available with IPSec) to connect to another Gateway, Firewall
or Router or Remote User Access to create a connection for a
remote computer.
Tunnel Type — Choose either IPSec (either Remote User
Access or Gateway to Gateway), L2TP over IPSec or PPTP.
Description — a description of the connection. This can be
different on each Router as it is not used in the connection.
If the remote site has another Gateway, Firewall or Router with
an established IPSec, L2TP over IPSec or PPTP connection then
there is no need to create a connection for a remote user on
that site.
If you configure an IPSec connection for a remote computer then
that computer will require software that supports IPSec. If you
configure an L2TP over IPSec or PPTP connection for a remote
computer then you should contact Microsoft for information on
whether an upgrade is required.
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