During configuration, additional destinations for a VPN connection should be entered in the list of "Remote gateways". The list consists of the following entries:
- Name: Name of the remote site from the VPN connection list, the "target" of the VPN connection.
- Gateway 2 to Gateway 9: Address of the alternative gateways, as an IP address or DNS-translatable address.
- Begin with: In which order should the entries are to be tried. You can select from:
- Last used: Selects the entry for the VPN connection which was successfully used most recently.
- First: Selects the first of the configured remote stations.
- Random: Selects one of the configured remote stations at random. This setting provides an effective measure for load balancing between the gateways at the headquarters.
Note: The entry for the gateway in the VPN connection list can be left blank if all of the possible gateways are entered into the list of "Remote gateways".
LANconfig: VPN / General / Remote gateway
WEBconfig: LCOS menu tree / Setup / Config E Remote-gateway-list
The following options are available for defining the strategy for the utilization of the configured remote-gateway addresses:
- last used
- first
- random
Example:
The following command sets three gateways as target at the headquarters, one of which is to be selected at random:
set VPN_HEADQUARTERS 213.217.69.75 213.217.69.76 213.217.69.77 * * * * * random