Adding VPN Connection Policies Page 13
Understanding Digital Certificates
If digital certificates are required as part of your VPN connection policy, your gateway administrator must
provide you with the required information to import the certificate. You then need to import the certificate
in the Global VPN Client using the Certificate Manager.
Alert!
If digital certificates are required as part of your VPN connection policy, your VPN gateway
administrator must provide you with the required certificates.
Note!
For instructions on importing a certificate into the Global VPN Client, see “Managing Certificates”
on page 30
.
Using the New Connection Wizard
The
New Connection Wizard
provides easy configuration for the following VPN connection scenarios:
•
Remote Access
- You choose this scenario if you want secure access to a remote VPN gateway from
any wired or wireless network. The most common use of this scenario is when you are at home or on
the road and want access to the corporate network. You enter the IP address or FQDN
(
gateway.yourcompany.com
) of the VPN gateway and the Global VPN Client automatically
downloads the VPN connection policy from the remote
SonicWALL VPN gateway.
Alert!
If you are configuring the Global VPN Client for Remote Access
,
make sure you have the IP
address or FQDN (gateway.yourcompany.com) of the remote SonicWALL VPN gateway and an active
Internet connection before using the New Connection Wizard.
•
Office Gateway
- You choose this scenario if you want secure access to a local SonicWALL Secure
Wireless appliance network. When you create an
Office Gateway
VPN connection, it appears as the
Peer
entry of
<Default Gateway>
in the
SonicWALL Global VPN Client
window. You can use this
single
Office Gateway
VPN connection policy to roam securely across SonicWALL Secure Wireless
appliance networks.
Alert!
If you are configuring the Global VPN Client for Office Gateway
,
make sure your wireless card is
configured with the correct SSID information to access the SonicWALL Secure Wireless appliance before
using the New Connection Wizard.
Creating a VPN Connection Policy
The following instructions explain how to use the
New Connection Wizard
to automatically download
VPN connection policies for the Global VPN Client from a local or remote SonicWALL VPN gateway.
1.
Choose
Start>Programs>SonicWALL
Global VPN Client
. The first time you open the SonicWALL
Global VPN Client, the
New Connection Wizard
automatically launches.
2.
If the
New Connection Wizard
does not display, click the
New Connection
Wizard
icon on the far
left side of the toolbar to launch the
New Connection Wizard
. Click
Next
.
