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Deactivating a VPN Tunnel

Sometimes a VPN tunnel must be deactivated for testing purposes. There are two ways to deactivate a VPN tunnel:

Policy table on VPN Policies page
VPN Status page

Using the Policy Table on the VPN Policies Page to Deactivate a VPN Tunnel

To use the VPN Policies page to deactivate a VPN tunnel, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the Wireless VPN Firewall.

2. Click on VPN Policies under VPN to get the VPN Policies screen below (Figure 6-39).

Figure 6-39: VPN Policies

3. Clear the Enable check box for the VPN tunnel you want to deactivate and click Apply. (To reactivate the tunnel, check the Enable box and click Apply.)

Using the VPN Status Page to Deactivate a VPN Tunnel

To use the VPN Status page to deactivate a VPN tunnel, perform the following steps:

1. Log in to the Wireless VPN Firewall.

2. Click VPN Status under VPN to get the VPN Status/Log screen (Figure 6-40).

Figure 6-40: VPN Status/Log screen

3. Click VPN Status (Figure 6-40) to get the Current VPN Tunnels (SAs) screen (Figure 6-41). Click Drop for the VPN tunnel you want to deactivate.

Figure 6-41: Current VPN Tunnels (SAs) screen

Note: When NETBIOS is enabled (which it is in the VPNC defaults implemented by the VPN Wizard), automatic traffic will reactivate the tunnel. To prevent reactivation from happening, either disable NETBIOS or disable the policy for the tunnel (see "Using the Policy Table on the VPN Policies Page to Deactivate a VPN Tunnel" on page 6-30).