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Green IT trying to setup vpn on a SRXN3205
As the title of the thread suggests. Our Network Engineer was let go a week ago for reasons I won't get into. I'm a senior repair tech that has been thrust into filling his position.
The owner recently bought an SRXN3205 and it was easy to install and setup. We are assigned a static IP from our ISP. I'll call it 20.90.100.60 for simplicity. The gateway is the same except ending in ...1 (obviously) and the netmask is 255.255.255.128. I have set our static IP in the WAN settings of our SRXN3205 and internal internet access is working fine.
The problem is the owner has asked me to set up a VPN via the SRXN3205 so our web and graphic designer can access the servers from home.
I have read the manual tried to follow the SRXN3205 manual on page 6-4 to page 6-11 to setup the VPN but I'm completely at a loss on how to successfully set up this VPN. This is my first hands-on experience with VPNs.
What should I be using for a Remote Identifier and Local Identifier during the VPN Wizard?
We are only using the 'lite' VPN client that came on the CD with the SRXN3205 on the web/graphic designer's laptop. What do I need to do to set this up correctly for the VPN?
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- Don't worry about what the FQDN is. In most cases you don't want it routable. That is why most of the tutorials have underscores in the FQDN. Follow what is in the tutorials, only changing the PSK and your local IP subnet. I have a FVX538 tutorial that will work in my sig. Should be similar to jmiz's.
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