Connection Properties Status Settings

The Status page shows the current status of the connection.

• Connection:

  • Status ‐ Indicates whether VPN connection is enabled or disabled.
  • Peer IP Address ‐ Displays the IP address of the VPN connection peer.
  • Duration ‐ Displays connection time.
  • Details ‐ Displays the Connection Status Details dialog, which specifies the negotiated phase 1 and phase 2 parameters as well as the status of all individual phase 2 security associations (SAs).

  

• Activity:

  • Packets ‐ Displays number of packets sent and received through the VPN tunnel.
  • Bytes ‐ Displays number of bytes sent and received through the VPN tunnel.
  • Reset ‐ Resets the Packets and Bytes values to zero, from which these counts immediately resume.

• Virtual IP Configuration:

  • IP Address ‐ The IP address assigned via DHCP through the VPN tunnel from the VPN gateway.
  • Subnet Mask ‐ The subnet mask for the virtual IP address.
  • Renew ‐ Renews the DHCP lease.