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Reference Manual for the ProSafe VPN Firewall FVS114

5-2 Basic Virtual Private Networking

202-10098-01, April 2005

Overview of VPN Configuration

Two common scenarios for configuring VPN tunnels are between a remote personal computer and

a network gateway and between two or more network gateways. The FVS114 supports both of

these types of VPN configurations. The FVS114 VPN Firewall supports up to eight concurrent

tunnels.

Client-to-Gateway VPN Tunnels

Client-to-gateway VPN tunnels provide secure access from a remote PC, such as a telecommuter

connecting to an office network (see Figure 5-1).

Figure 5-1: Client-to-gateway VPN tunnel

A VPN client access allows a remote PC to connect to your network from any location on the

Internet. In this case, the remote PC is one tunnel endpoint, running the VPN client software. The

FVS114 VPN Firewall on your network is the other tunnel endpoint. See “How to Set Up a

Client-to-Gateway VPN Configuration” on page 5-5 to set up this configuration.

Gateway-to-Gateway VPN Tunnels

• Gateway-to-gateway VPN tunnels provide secure access between networks, such as a branch

or home office and a main office (see Figure 5-2).

192.168.3.1

VPN Tunnel

FVS114

24.0.0.1

PCs

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