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Updated on 2023-06-16 GMT+08:00

What Devices Can Be Connected to Huawei Cloud Through a VPN?

Huawei Cloud VPN supports the standard IPsec protocol. A device in your on-premises data center can connect to Huawei Cloud if the device meets the following requirements:

  1. Supports IPsec VPN.
  2. Has a fixed public IP address, which can be statically configured, or translated through NAT in NAT traversal scenarios (your device is deployed behind a NAT gateway).

Most devices are routers and firewalls. For details about the interconnection configuration, see Administrator Guide.

  • Common home broadband routers, Windows hosts providing VPN services (such as L2TP), and personal mobile terminals cannot connect to Huawei Cloud through a VPN.
  • Devices that can interconnect with the Huawei Cloud VPN service are usually from the following:
    • Vendors such as Huawei (routers and firewalls), H3C (routers and firewalls), Cisco (routers and firewalls), Ruijie (routers and firewalls), ZTE, Sangfor, Fortinet, 360, Topsec, Hillstone, NetentSec, NSFOCUS, DELL, ZyXEL, and Juniper
    • Cloud service providers such as Alibaba Cloud, Tencent Cloud, and Amazon Web Services
    • Software vendors such as Openswan, strongSwan, and TheGreenBow
  • The IPsec protocol is a standard IETF protocol. Devices that support IPsec can interconnect with Huawei Cloud.

    Most enterprise-class routers and firewalls support the IPsec protocol.

  • However, some devices support IPsec VPN only after you purchase required software licenses.

    Contact your on-premises data center administrator to confirm the device model with the vendor.

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