User Manual Part 2

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Viewing VPN Tunnels
Chapter 19: Working With VPNs 631
Viewing VPN Tunnels
You can view a list of currently established VPN tunnels. VPN tunnels are created and
closed as follows:
Remote Access VPN sites configured for Automatic Login and Site-to-Site VPN
Gateways
A tunnel is created whenever your computer attempts any kind of communication with
a computer at the VPN site. The tunnel is closed when not in use for a period of time.
Note: Although the VPN tunnel is automatically closed, the site remains open, and if
you attempt to communicate with the site, the tunnel will be reestablished.
Remote Access VPN sites configured for Manual Login
A tunnel is created whenever your computer attempts any kind of communication with
a computer at the VPN site, after you have manually logged in to the site. All open
tunnels connecting to the site are closed when you manually log out.
To view VPN tunnels
1. Click Reports in the main menu, and click the Tunnels tab.
The VPN Tunnels page appears with a table of open VPN tunnels.
The VPN Tunnels page includes the information described in the following table.