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Chapter 4
Configuration via the Command Line Interface
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4.4.1 Peer parameters
Parameters table The following table shows the peer parameters:
Peer name [name] The peer name identifies the peer entity. This name only has local significance
inside the SpeedTouch™. This parameter is not used in the IKE negotiations with
the remote Security Gateway.
Peer parameters
Parameter Keyword Description
Peer name name Mandatory. Identifies the peer entity.
Remote peer address remoteaddr Mandatory. The public IP address or
host name of the remote Security
Gateway.
Backup remote peer
address backupaddr Optional. The public IP address or host
name of a backup remote Security
Gateway.
Exchange mode exchmode Mandatory. Determines the IKE
exchange mode
Local identifier localid Mandatory. Identifies the local Security
Gateway during IKE negotiation.
Remote identifier remoteid Mandatory. Identifies the remote
Security Gateway during the Phase 1
negotiation.
Physical interface phyif Mandatory. Identifies the
SpeedTouch™ physical interface to
which the local IPSec peer is tied.
Descriptor descr Mandatory. The name of the Peer
Security Descriptor that applies to the
Phase 1 negotiation. Either a built-in
descriptor or a user-defined descriptor
can be used.
Authentication attribute auth Mandatory. Holds the authentication
method and its associated parameters.
Client/server client/
server Optional. Specifies a dialup VPN client/
server descriptor
Options options Optional. A number of options
influencing the VPN behaviour can be
set.
For a basic IPSec configuration only a subset of the peer parameters need to
be set to a specified value. Some parameters may remain unset.