Testing VPN connection between endpoints

After you finish configuring the connection between System A and remote users and have successfully started the connection, you should test the connectivity to ensure that the remote hosts can communicate with each other.

To test the connectivity, follow these steps:

1. From iSeries™ Navigator, expand System A > Network.

2. Right-click TCP/IP Configuration and select Utilities and then select Ping.

3. From the Ping from dialog, enter 10.1.1.101 in the Ping field.

   10.1.1.101 represents the IP address dynamically assigned (to the remote sales client) from the address pool specified in the Layer Two Tunneling Protocol (L2TP) terminator profile on System A.

4. Click Ping Now to verify connectivity from System A to a remote workstation. Click OK.

To test the connection from the remote client, the remote employee completes these steps on a workstation that is running Windows^®:

1. From the command prompt, enter ping 10.1.1.2. This is the IP address of one of the workstations in the network of the corporate office.

2. Repeat these steps to test the connectivity from the corporate office to the branch office.

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