Various other trademarks are held by their respective owners. WatchGuard and the WatchGuard logo are registered trademarks or trademarks of WatchGuard Technologies in the United States and other countries. Quick Start - Add and Manage VPN Tunnels and Resources When you select this option, in the Device Properties dialog box for all devices managed by the Management Server, on the IPSec Tunnel Preferences tab, the option in the Tunnel Authentication drop-down list is set to Shared Key and cannot be changed. Select the Limit tunnel authentication options to shared key check box.

To restrict the tunnel authentication method for VPN tunnels to shared keys: You must first change the authentication method for those tunnels to use shared keys. If your Management Server manages any VPN tunnels that use an authentication method other than shared keys, you cannot enable the option to restrict the VPN tunnel method. This prevents unnecessary certificate creation for devices that do not use a certificate for Branch Office VPNs and improves performance if you do not use certificates with your Branch Office VPN tunnels. You can configure the Management Server to exclude IPSec certificates as the preferred authentication option for VPN tunnels and instead restrict the authentication method to shared keys. Restrict the VPN Tunnel Authentication Method The license key is deleted from the License Keys window and the number of licensed devices is updated.

In the License Keys list, select the license key to remove.

The license key you added appears in the License Keys window and the number of licensed devices is updated.

In the License Key text box, type or paste the license key text.

In the Management Server Configuration dialog box, click Add.The License Agreement dialog box appears. Restrict the VPN Tunnel Authentication Method.The Management Server Configuration dialog box appears. Or, select File > Manage Server Configuration. In the Server Information section, click Manage Server Configuration.Start WatchGuard System Manager and Connect to Your Management Server with WSM.You can also force the Management Server to only use shared keys for VPN tunnel authentication.įor information about how to find all the license keys available for your Management Server, see Find Your Management Server License Key.

You can add or delete license keys, and see the current license key information, including how many devices your license keys allow you to manage. You can use WatchGuard System Manager (WSM) to manage the licenses for your Management Server.

Manage Server Licenses and Restrict VPN Tunnel Authentication Options

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