CONFIGURATION
3G-GPRS-EDGE router IPL-G12
User manual ref. 9017009-02
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17 M2Me_Connect service
17.1 Overview
The M2Me_Connect service simplifies the connection of a remote PC to a
machine through the Internet.
It provides a solution when a direct PPTP or TLS connection described
before shows itself impossible.
Let us take the example of a machine made of several devices forming a
“machine network” and connected to the Internet through an IPL-G12
router.
Suppose an expert wishes to connect to one or several of these devices
to help repairing them or to upgrade a firmware.
The simplest solution should be to set a remote connection between the
remote PC and the IPL-G12.
That solution is made impossible if, for instance, a private IP address is
assigned by the wireless service provider to the router.
The M2Me_Connect service solves that difficulty :
The PC does not connect directly to the IPL-G12; both the PC and the
router connect to the “M2Me_Connect” service.
Once both parties have been authenticated by the M2Me_Connect
service with their own certificate, a TLS VPN is set from end to end from
the PC to the IPL-G12 router.
The remote user identity is checked by the router to verify he or she
belongs to the user list stored in the IPL-G12 router.
Finally, individual access rights are assigned to the remote user
depending on his or her identity.