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title: Setting the participating gateways
description: To configure Checkpoint VPN for PingID multi-factor authentication (MFA), you must set the participating gateways.
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# Setting the participating gateways

To configure Checkpoint VPN for PingID multi-factor authentication (MFA), you must set the participating gateways.

## Steps

1. In the **Checkpoint** toolbar, click the **IPSec VPN** tab.

2. In the left navigation pane, click **Communities**.

   ### Result:

   The available communities are listed.

3. Double-click the **RemoteAccess** community.

   ![A screen capture of the Communities list, and the Remote Access Community Properties window.](_images/hlv1564021009987.jpg)

4. In the **Remote Access Community Properties** window, in the navigation tree, click **Participating Gateways**.

5. If your checkpoint VPN gateway does not appear in the **Participant Gateway** list, click **Add**, and then select your VPN Gateway.

6. In the **Remote Access Community Properties** tree, click **Participant User Groups**. ![A screen capture of the Participant User Groups window. A list of current Remote Access User Groups is shown with the New button to the right and the Add, Edit, and Remove buttons underneath.](_images/wee1564021010543.jpg)

7. If the user group you created is not listed, click **Add** and select the group from the list.

8. Click **OK**.