Purpose: Configure advanced options for site-to-site VPN settings including whether to use dead peer detection and enabling/disabling IKE debugging. Advanced settings apply to all site-to-site VPN connections on the gateway.
Location: Gateways > (gateway name) > Site-to-Site VPN > Advanced
Option | Description |
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Dead peer detection |
Dead peer detection (DPD) identifies inactive or unavailable IKE peers. Using IPsec traffic patterns, DPD can use a minimal number of IKE messages to confirm whether the connection is live. DPD is used to restore resources that are lost when a peer is unavailable. Selecting Enable dead peer detection reestablishes VPN tunnels on idle connections and cleans up dead VPN peers if required. |
IKE Debugging |
Enable or disable IKE debugging. |