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Prepare Your Device for VPN Connection
Set Up Secure Credential Storage
Add a VPN Connection
Connect to or Disconnect From a VPN
Prepare Your Device for VPN Connection
Depending on the type of VPN you are using at work, you may be required to enter your login
credentials
or install security certificates before you can connect to your company‟s local
network. You can get this information from your network administrator.
Before you can initiate a VPN connection, your device must first establish a Wi-Fi or data
connection. For information about setting up and using these connections on your device, see
Mobile Networks
and
Turn Wi-Fi On and Connect to a Wireless Network
.
Set Up Secure Credential Storage
If your network administrator instructs you to download and install security certificates, you must
first set up the device‟s secure credential storage.
1. Press
>
, and then touch
Settings
>
Location & security
, and then touch
Set
password
.
2. Enter a new password (at least eight characters without any spaces) for the credential
storage, scroll down and confirm the password, and then touch
OK
.
3. Select the
Use secure credentials
check box.
You can then download and install the certificates needed to access your local network. Your
network administrator can tell you how to do this.
Add a VPN Connection
Use the Wireless & networks settings menu to add a VPN connection to your device.
1. Press
>
, and then touch
Settings
>
Wireless & networks
>
VPN settings
.
2. Touch
Add VPN
, and then touch the type of VPN you want to add.
3. Set your VPN options according to the security details you have obtained from your
network administrator.
Depending on the VPN type, options may include VPN name, VPN server, pre-
shared key, certificates, DNS search domains, and more.
4. When finished, press
, and then touch
Save
.
The VPN is then added to the VPNs section of the VPN settings screen.