Add a VPN Connection to the Cloud Router

Select cloud provider

Select IPSec VPN.

Configure

OnRamp

Select the location that is closest to you.

Speed

Select a speed/bandwidth for the connection. We support up to 2 Gbps.

Remote IKE Gateway Address

The gateway address of your VPN device. Because VPNs traverse the public internet, this must be a public IP address owned by you.

Once the connection is created, we will provide a local gateway IKE address, which will be available from the connection details page.

Shared Key

Enter a pre-shared key of your choice. There are also a number of key generators that you can use.

Description

Provide a meaningful name for the connection.

IPSec Presets

Select the on-premises device you are using. This will populate the fields below with the supported values for that device.

If you do not see your device, you can leave this field blank and make your selections from the choices available.

IKE Version

Select the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) version supported by your device. In most cases, this is v2 (v1 is deprecated).

Phase 1 Encryption Algo

The encryption algorithm to use during phase 1.

Phase 1 Group

Phase 1 is when the VPN peers are authenticated and we establish security associations (SAs) to protect IKE messaging between the two endpoints (which in this case is PacketFabric and your VPN device). This is also known as the IKE phase.

The Phase 1 group is the Diffie-Hellman (DH) algorithm used to create a shared secret between the endpoints.

Phase 1 Auth Algo

The authentication algorithm to use during phase 1.

Phase 1 Lifetime

The time in seconds before a tunnel will need to re-authenticate. The phase 1 lifetime should be equal to or longer than phase 2.

Phase 2 PFS Group

Phase 2 is when SAs are further established to protect and encrypt IP traffic within the tunnel. This is also known as the IPsec phase.

The PFS group is the Perfect Forward Secrecy group. This means that rather than using the keys from phase 1, new keys are generated per the selected Diffie-Hellman algorithm (same as those listed above).

Phase 2 Auth Algo

The authentication algorithm to use during phase 2.

Phase 2 Encryption Algo

The encryption algorithm to use during phase 2.

Phase 2 Lifetime

The time in seconds before phase 2 expires and needs to reauthenticate. We recommend that the phase 2 lifetime is equal to or shorter than phase 1.