Plan for VPN

The first step to successfully using VPN is planning. This topic provides information about migrating from prior releases, setup requirements, and links to a planning advisor that will generate a planning worksheet that is customized to your specifications.

Planning is an essential part of your total VPN solution. There are many complex decisions you need to make to ensure that your connection works properly. Use these resources to gather all the information that you need to ensure that your VPN is a success:

• VPN setup requirements
• Determine what type of VPN to create
• Use the VPN planning advisor
  The planning advisor asks you questions about your network and based on your answers, it provides you with suggestions for creating your VPN.

  Note: Use the VPN planning advisor only for connections that support the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol. Use the planning worksheet for manual connections for your manual connection types.
• Complete the VPN planning worksheets

After you come up with a plan for your VPN, you can begin configuring it.

• VPN setup requirements
  Use this information to ensure that you meet the minimum requirements for creating a VPN connection.
• Determine what type of VPN to create
  This information can help you decide on various connection types you can setup.
• VPN planning advisor
  The planning advisor asks you questions about your network and based on your answers, it provides you with suggestions for creating your VPN. Use this advisor only for connections that support the Internet Key Exchange (IKE) protocol. Use the planning worksheet for manual connections for your manual connection types.
• Complete the VPN planning worksheets
  Use the VPN planning worksheets to gather detailed information about your VPN usage plans. You need this information to adequately plan your VPN strategy. You can also use this information to configure your VPN.