Vpn Client; Connect Through Vpn - Cisco 8941 User Manual
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VPN Client
VPN Client
The VPN Client establishes a virtual private network (VPN) connection on your phone when a phone is located
outside a trusted network or when network traffic crosses untrusted networks. Your system administrator
configures the VPN Client feature as needed.
If your phone is configured for VPN Client, the status of Auto-Detect Network Connection determines if a
VPN connection is possible. The status depends on the following situations:
• When your phone is located outside the corporate network:
• When your phone is located inside the corporate network:
To view VPN status messages, press Applications
> Status Messages. For more information, contact your system administrator.
Connect Through VPN
Procedure
Step 1
After you turn on your phone and the VPN Sign In screen appears (except with certificate authentication
mode), enter your credentials based on the configured authentication method:
• Username and password: Enter the username and the password that your system administrator gave you.
• Certificate and password: Enter the password that your system administrator gave you. Your username
• Certificate: If the phone uses only a certificate for authentication, the Sign In screen does not appear,
When the power is lost or reset under some circumstances, the stored credentials are cleared.
Step 2
Select Sign In to connect.
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• If Auto-Detect Network Connection is disabled, a VPN connection is possible. The Sign In screen
appears, and the phone prompts for credentials. On the phone in the VPN window ( Applications
> VPN), you can toggle the VPN Enabled field to control the ability of the phone to attempt a
VPN connection.
• If Auto-Detect Network Connection is enabled, the Sign In screen appears, and the phone prompts
for your credentials, based on the authentication method that your system administrator configured
on your phone.
• If Auto-Detect Network Connection is disabled, a VPN connection is possible. The Sign In screen
appears, and the phone prompts for credentials. On the phone in the VPN window (Applications
> VPN), you can toggle the VPN Enabled field to control the ability of the phone to attempt a
VPN connection.
• If Auto-Detect Network Connection is enabled, you cannot connect through VPN, so the Sign In
screen does not appear, and the phone does not prompt for credentials.
is derived from the certificate.
and phone displays the status of the phone attempting the VPN connection.
and then select Administrator Settings > Status
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