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Virtual Private Networking Using IPSec and L2TP Connections
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ProSafe Wireless-N 8-Port Gigabit VPN Firewall FVS318N
is established, the L2TP user can connect to an L2TP client that is located behind the
wireless VPN firewall.
Note: IPSec VPN provides stronger authentication and encryption than
L2TP. (Packets that traverse the L2TP tunnel are not encapsulated
by IPSec.)
You need to enable the L2TP server on the wireless VPN firewall, specify an L2TP server
address pool, and create L2TP user accounts. For information about how to create L2TP
user accounts, see Configure User Accounts on p
age 303.
To enable the L2TP server and configure the L2TP server pool:
1. Select VPN > L2TP
Server. The L2TP Server screen displays. (The following figure
contains an example.)
Figure 160.
2. To enable the L2TP server, select the Enable check box.
3. Enter th
e settings as explained in the following table:
4. Click Apply to save
your settings.
Table 64. L2TP Server screen settings
Setting Description
Starting IP Address The first IP address of the pool. This address is used for distribution to the wireless
VPN firewall.
Ending IP Address The last IP address of the pool. A maximum of 26 contiguous addresses is
sup
ported. (The first address of the pool cannot be assigned to a user.)
Idle Timeout The period after which an idle user is automatically logged out of the L2TP server.
T
he default idle time-out period is 10 minutes.