This tutorial is aimed at beginners who need guidance on configuring a site-to-site VPN using 2 SonicWalls. There are many more advanced features and security settings available, but this guide will show you step-by-step how to configure a working site-to-site VPN using 2 SonicWalls, both with static IP's and SonicOS Enhanced.

In this example, we have 2 sites. We'll call them Main & Remote. Main being your Main Office, and remote being your Remote Office. The Main Office has a LAN subnet of 172.31.0.0/24, and a static public IP of 9.9.9.1. The Remote Office has a LAN subnet of 10.0.0.0/24 and a static public IP of 9.9.9.2. This tutorial will make use of the built in SonicWall VPN Wizard to configure the site-to-site VPN. Follow these configuration steps:

Main Office:

After logging into the web interface of the SonicWall at the Main Office, click on the Wizards button in the top right corner:

Select  "VPN Wizard" from the list and click Next:

Select  "Site-to-Site", and click Next: