Activating packet rules

The VPN wizard automatically creates the packet rules that this connection requires to work properly. However, activate them on both systems before you can start the VPN connection.

To activate packet rules on System-A, follow these steps:

1. In iSeries™ Navigator, expand System-A > Network > IP Policies.

2. Right-click Packet Rules and select Activate. This opens the Activate Packet Rules dialog box.

3. Select whether you want to activate only the VPN generated rules, only a selected file, or both the VPN generated rules and a selected file. You might choose the latter, for instance, if you have miscellaneous PERMIT and DENY rules that you want to enforce on the interface in addition to the VPN generated rules.

4. Select the interface on which you want the rules activated. In this case, select All interfaces.

5. Click OK on the dialog box to confirm that you want to verify and activate the rules on the interface or interfaces you specified. After you click OK, the system checks the rules for syntax and semantic errors and reports the results in a message window at the bottom of the editor. For error messages that are associated with a specific file and line number, you can right-click the error and select Go To Line to highlight the error in the file.

6. Repeat these steps to activate packet rules on System-C.

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