Free EditionA Virtual Private Network (VPN) ensures only authorized users can access confidential corporate data, from any public network by transmitting all device-web communication on a secure channel. VPN also boosts productivity as it ensures employees can work from anywhere, without worrying about lack of access to specific resource/data. With remote work being adopted extensively, it has become mandatory for IT admins to configure VPN on mobile devices. Configuring VPN can be easily and efficiently done using MDM.
Follow the steps given below, to configure VPN plug-ins:
| PARAMETER | DESCRIPTION |
| Connection type |
Select IPSec (Cisco) as the connection type. |
| Connection name |
Provide a name for the VPN connection to be configured |
| Server name/IP address | Enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name or IP address of your VPN server |
| Account | Specify the account that needs access to this VPN. Type %username% to get the appropriate user name, mapped to the device |
| Machine authentication | Specify the authentication type as Shared secret or Certificate |
| Password | Specify the password to be used for machine authentication |
| Group Name (If Shared secret is selected for authentication) | Specify the group name to be used for identifying the group. The group must end with [hybrid] if Hybrid Authentication is enabled |
| Shared Key (If Shared secret is selected for authentication) | Specify the pre-shared secret |
| Use Hybrid Authentication (If Shared secret is selected for authentication) | Enable Hybrid Authentication, a secure alternative to the regular authentication used |
| Prompt for password (If Shared secret is selected for authentication) | Enable/Disable prompting password from the user |
| Identity Certificate (If Certificate is selected for authentication) | Specify the identity certificate to be used for certificate-based authentication. You can also use SCEP for this. |
| Include user PIN (If Certificate is selected for authentication) | Specify whether the User PIN must be included or not. |
| Enable On-Demand VPN |
Enabling On-Demand VPN ensures that a device not present in the corporate network, will be automatically connected to VPN whenever the specified list of server/domains are accessed. If you specify multiple domain names, they should be comma separated. |
| Proxy | Configure the proxy settings to be used for this VPN connection |
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| PARAMETER | DESCRIPTION |
| Connection type |
Select IPSec Xauth PSK as the connection type. |
| Connection name |
Provide a name for the VPN connection to be configured |
| Server name/IP address | Enter the Fully Qualified Domain Name or IP address of your VPN server |
| User Name | Enter the dynamic variable %username% to get the user name, mapped to the device |
| Password | Specify the password to be used for user authentication |
| Shared Secret | Specify the pre-shared secret |
| IPSec Identifier | Specify the name of the group of the VPN server, to which the user is assigned. |
| Always on VPN | Enable this option to maintain a persistent connection between the managed devices and your organizational network, without the need to manually initiate VPN connection everytime. Applicable only for Device Owner devices. |
| VPN Lockdown | When the configured VPN is disconnected/unavailable, enabling this restricts access to other networks, including mobile data. VPN Lockdown can be configured only when Always On VPN is enabled. |
| DNS Server(s) | Specify the Fully Qualified Domain Name or IP Address of your internal DNS server to be used, once the VPN connection is established. You can specify several DNS servers, separating them with comma. |
| Forwarding Route(s) | Specify the forwarding route if you want to send the traffic through the VPN interface to the destination addresses. If the route is not specified, all network traffic will pass through the VPN connection. |