How to setup a site to site VPN tunnel to mGuard firewall?

03/26/2020 7 People found this article helpful 197,791 Views

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This article provides guidance on how to setup a site to site vpn tunnel between SonicWall security appliance and a mGuard firewall. Both locations have been provisioned with static IP addresses.

Procedure:

STEP 1: Login to the WebGUI of the | SonicWall firewall.
STEP 2: Navigate to VPN | Settings.
STEP 3: Click Add in order to create a new Site-to-Site VPN tunnel.
STEP 4: Fill in the fields in the General tab as shown in the picture, changing the values accordingly to your mGuard location:

On a side note, please make sure, the Shared Secret values are exactly the same. These will also need to be provided on the mGuard firewall later on.

STEP 5: Click on the next tab - Network - and choose the set up the local and remote networks ? similar to the example shown in the picture below:

STEP 6: Click on the next tab - Proposal - and choose the settings as shown in the picture below:

STEP 7: Go to the Advanced tab and replicate the settings as shown in the picture below:

STEP 8: Confirm all the changes by clicking the OK button.

STEP 9: On the mGuard firewall, please replicate the settings as shown on the following pictures:

STEP 10: In the Authentication tab, fill in the PSK and the public IP addresses of the mGuard firewall and the | SonicWall appliance respectively:

STEP 11: In the Firewall tab, set the settings as follows:

STEP 12: In the IKE-Options tab, following settings are to be made:

STEP 13: Confirm with OK / Save (Übernehmen). This should result in a VPN tunnel being seen on the SonicWall as active ? similar to the screenshot provided below: