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This section describes what the administrator must do to enable VPN on the OnBoard appliance side to enable users to create VPN tunnels to the OnBoard appliance; VPN tunnels are required for a user to obtain native IP access through the Web Manager or through entering ssh with the nativeipon device management command. The OnBoard appliance administrator must do the tasks shown in the following table.
Make sure that the appropriate service for the desired type of VPN connection is enabled (either PPTP or IPSec). Configure a VPN connection profile on the OnBoard appliance for the type of VPN connections that are being used. The user’s workstation must have support for either IPSec or PPTP VPN. The user must do the tasks in the following list to configure a VPN tunnel:
• Obtain from the OnBoard appliance administrator the values used in creating the VPN connection profile on the OnBoard appliance end including the PPTP username and password if PPTP is being used.
• If a route is needed to enable the user’s workstation and the OnBoard appliance to exchange packets, specify it in the IPSec connection profile or create a route manually.
• Before attempting to access the native IP feature on the OnBoard appliance, the user must create the VPN tunnel from the user’s computer.The OnBoard appliance listens for the connection attempt from the IP addresses specified in its connection profiles and grants the access.