ZyWALL 2 Series User’s Guide
VPN Screens 14-5
Table 14-2 VPN Rules
LABEL DESCRIPTION
Remote IP
Address
This is the IP address(es) of computer(s) on the remote network behind the remote IPSec
router.
This field displays N/A when the Secure Gateway Address field displays 0.0.0.0. In this
case only the remote IPSec router can initiate the VPN.
The same (static) IP address is displayed twice when the Remote Address Type field in
the Edit VPN Rule (or Manual Key) screen is configured to Single Address.
The beginning and ending (static) IP addresses, in a range of computers are displayed
when the Remote Address Type field in the Edit VPN Rule (or Manual Key) screen is
configured to Range Address.
A (static) IP address and a subnet mask are displayed when the Remote Address Type
field in the Edit VPN Rule (or Manual Key) screen is configured to Subnet Address.
Encap.
This field displays Tunnel or Transport mode (Tunnel is the default selection).
IPSec
Algorithm
This field displays the security protocols used for an SA.
Both AH and ESP increase ZyWALL processing requirements and communications
latency (delay).
Secure
Gateway
Address
This is the static WAN IP address or URL of the remote IPSec router. This field displays
0.0.0.0 when you configure the Secure Gateway Address field in the Edit VPN Rule
screen to 0.0.0.0.
Edit
Click Edit to edit the VPN policy.
Delete
Click Delete to remove the VPN policy.
14.6 Keep Alive
When you initiate an IPSec tunnel with keep alive enabled, the ZyWALL automatically renegotiates the
tunnel when the IPSec SA lifetime period expires (see section 14.13 for more on the IPSec SA lifetime). In
effect, the IPSec tunnel becomes an “always on” connection after you initiate it. Both IPSec routers must
have a ZyWALL-compatible keep alive feature enabled in order for this feature to work.
If the ZyWALL has its maximum number of simultaneous IPSec tunnels connected to it and they all have
keep alive enabled, then no other tunnels can take a turn connecting to the ZyWALL because the ZyWALL
never drops the tunnels that are already connected. Your ZyWALL model can support 5 simultaneous IPSec
SAs.
