Establish/Confirm Connection

First of all, the client needs to know the IP address of its coordinator. This can be either public IP addresses of coordinator itself, or the public IP address of the firewall or NAT device providing redirection of traffic from the client to the coordinator. You can find a detailed description of the settings in the section on routing of IP traffic.

Note: If you made all necessary IP address or DNS name settings for the client's coordinator in ViPNet Manager, you don't need to do manual settings in ViPNet Client.

For more information on DNS names, refer to DNS and WINS Services.

To establish/confirm the connection between the client and its coordinator:

1. Select Private Network on the main window and double-click the client's coordinator from the right-hand side of the screen.

   The Access rule window appears:

   

2. Click the IP addresses tab.
3. To specify the coordinator's IP address:
   1. Click the Add button. The IP address window appears:

      

   2. Type the IP address and click OK.
4. To specify the coordinator's DNS name:
   1. Tick the Use DNS name check box.
   2. Click the Add button. The DNS name dialog box appears:

      

   3. Type the DNS name. Note: You can get DNS names for ViPNet network nodes from your organization's network administrator.
   4. Click OK twice to save your settings.
5. To choose the connection type between the client and coordinator:
   1. Select Settings on the main window.

      

      The coordinator that was selected at your client's IP addresses server when the ViPNet network was configured via ViPNet Manager automatically appears in the IP addresses server drop-down list box.

      What's more, if the IP address of the coordinator was assigned by ViPNet Manager, by default, the Use Firewall check box will be ticked and a coordinator will be selected as the firewall type. You can find a detailed description of the settings in the section on routing of IP traffic.

6. To check the connection between the client and coordinator:
   1. Select Private Network on the main window.
   2. Click the ViPNet coordinator from the right-hand side of the screen and either:
      • Click ,
      • Right-click and select Check Connection from the pop-up menu, or
      • Press the F5 key.

        If all your settings are correct, you will receive a message confirming the client connection with the coordinator is successful. If you don't receive this message, check your settings.

7. After the connections between coordinators and clients are established and confirmed, you can start configuring the integrated firewall according to your security policy.

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