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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
4. Complete the settings as explained in the following table:
Table 52. Add IKE Policy screen settings
Setting Description
Mode Config Record
Do you want to use
Mod
e Config Record?
Specify whether the IKE policy uses a Mode Config record. For information about
how to define a Mode Config record, see Mode Config Operation on
page 243.
Select one of the following radio buttons:
• Ye
s. IP addresses are assigned to remote VPN clients. You need to select a
Mode Config record from the drop-down list.
Because Mode Config functions only in Aggressive mode, selecting the Yes
radio button sets the tunnel exchange mode to Aggressive mode and disables
the Main mode. Mode Config also requires that both the local and remote
endpoints are defined by their FQDNs.
• No. Di
sables Mode Config for this IKE policy.
Note: You can use an IPv6 IKE policy to assign IPv4 addresses to clients through
a
Mode Config record, but you cannot assign IPv6 addresses to clients.
Select Mode
Config Record
From the drop-down list, select one of the Mode Config
records that you defined on the Add Mode Config Record
screen (see Configure Mode Config Operation on the
Wireless VPN Firewall on p
age 244).
Note: Click the View Selected button to
open the Selected
Mode Config Record Details pop-up screen.
General
Policy Name A descriptive name of the IKE policy for
identification and management purposes.
Note: The name is not supplied to the remote VPN endpoint.
Direction / Type From the drop-down list, select the connection method for the wireless VPN
fire
wall:
• Ini
tiator. The wireless VPN firewall initiates the connection to the remote
endpoint.
• Resp
onder. The wireless VPN firewall responds only to an IKE request from the
remote endpoint.
• Both. Th
e wireless VPN firewall can both initiate a connection to the remote
endpoint and respond to an IKE request from the remote endpoint.
Exchange Mode From the drop-down list, select the mode of exchan
ge between the wireless VPN
firewall and the remote VPN endpoint:
• Main.
This mode is slower than the Aggressive mode but more secure.
• Aggressive. This mode is faster than the Main mode but less secure.