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Why the same src and dst addresses on ISAKMP SA

Could somebody explain me why on both sides of VPN tunnel are the same source and destination addresses? It shouldn't be change in this and on R4 should be dst=212.26.100.2 src=197.4.55.2? ISAKMP creates 2 one-way connections, not one, and here is one conn-id 1026. Unless this refer to IPSec tunnel and not only to ISAKMP. I am confused.  Below are listings.

R1#sh crypto isakmp sa
IPv4 Crypto ISAKMP SA
dst              src                     state         conn-id      status
197.4.55.2   212.26.100.2    QM_IDLE  1026         ACTIVE

R4# sh crypto isakmp sa
IPv4 Crypto ISAKMP SA
dst               src                    state         conn-id     status
197.4.55.2    212.26.100.2   QM_IDLE  1026        ACTIVE

TFH

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ajay chauhan
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Level 7

That is perfectly fine .This is because the source is always going to be the IP that initiated the tunnel (brought the tunnel up).

Hope this helps.

Ajay

Thanks Ajay!

I have one extra question, why state is QuickMode and not MainMode? QM is mode of phase2...

In IOS you can see only in debug which mode is being used else final stage will be quick mode.

Ajay