Manual Key Configuration For The Vpn Client - Dell SonicWALL GX250 Manual

Manual Key Configuration for the VPN Client

To configure the SonicWALL appliance, click VPN on the left side of the browser
window, and check the Enable VPN checkbox to allow the VPN connection.
1. Check the Disable VPN Windows Networking (NetBIOS) broadcast check-
box. Leave the Enable Fragmented Packet Handling checkbox unchecked until
the VPN logs show many fragmented packets transmitted.
2. Click the Configure tab and select Manual Key from the IPSec Keying Mode
menu.
3. In the Add/Modify IPSec Security Association section, create a new Security
Association by selecting -Add New SA- from the Security Association menu.
4. Enter a descriptive name that identifies the VPN client in the Name field, such as
the client's location or name.
5. Enter "0.0.0.0" in the IPSec Gateway Address field.
6. Define an Incoming SPI and an Outgoing SPI. The SPIs are hexadecimal
(0123456789abcedf) and may range from 3 to 8 characters in length.
Note: SPIs should range from 3 to 8 characters in length and include only hexadecimal
characters. Valid hexadecimal characters are "0" to "9", and "a" to "f" inclusive (0, 1,
2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, a, b, c, d, e, f). If you enter an invalid SPI, an error message is
be displayed at the bottom of the browser window. An example of a valid SPI is
1234abcd
.
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