Dell PowerConnect W-VIA 2.
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Contents About this Guide ....................................................................................................................................................... 9 VIA Connection Manager.................................................................................................................. 9 How it Works............................................................................................................................... 9 Compatibility Matrix .............................
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Tables Table 1 Table 2 Table 3 Table 4 Table 5 Table 6 Table 7 Dell PowerConnect W-VIA 2.0 | User Guide VIA Connectivity Behavior ................................................................................................................ 9 VIA Compatibility Matrix.................................................................................................................. 10 Alcatel-Lucent Contacts...................................................................................................
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About this Guide Virtual Intranet Access (VIA) is part of the Dell remote networks solution targeted for teleworkers and mobile users. VIA detects the user’s network environment (trusted and un-trusted) and automatically connects the user to their enterprise network. Trusted networks typically refers to a protected office networks that allows users to directly access corporate intranet. Un-trusted networks are public Wi-Fi hotspots like airports, cafes, or home network.
Table 1 VIA Connectivity Behavior User action/environment VIA’s behavior 3 While in an un-trusted environment, user disconnects the remote connection. Disconnects gracefully. 4 The client moves to a trusted environment. Stays idle and does not connect. 5 The client again moves to an un-trusted environment Stays idle and does not connect. This usually happens, if the user has in a previous occasion disconnected a secure connection by clicking the Disconnect button in VIA (See Step 3).
4. Click the Connect button to initiate a secure VIA connection. VIA will minimize to system tray after a secure connection is established. Upgrade Workflow VIA checks for upgrade requirements during the login phase. There are two types of upgrade process: Minimal Upgrade and Complete Upgrade. Minimal Upgrade This type of upgrade is initiated for bug fixes and some minor enhancements which requires only some components of the client to be upgraded.
Contacting Support Table 4 Web site contact Web Site Main Website dell.com Support Website support.dell.com Documentation Website support.dell.com/manuals 12 | About this Guide Dell PowerConnect W-VIA 2.
Chapter 1 VIA Configuration VIA configuration requires that you first configure VPN settings and then configure VIA settings. See the Virtual Private Networks chapter in the latest Dell PowerConnect W-ArubaOS User Guide for information on configuring VPN settings on your controller. Before you Begin The following ports must be enabled before configuring the VIA controller.
profile is always associated to a user role and all users belonging to that role will use the configured settings. If you do not assign a VIA connection profile to a user role, the default connection profile is used. 5. Configure VIA Web Authentication—A VIA web authentication profile contains an ordered list of VIA authentication profiles. The web authentication profile is used by end users to login to the VIA download page (https:///via) for downloading the VIA client.
Table 5 Authentication Profile Parameters Parameter Description Description A user friendly name or description for the authentication profile. 3. To create a new authentication profile: a. Enter a name for the new authentication profile under the VIA Authentication Profiles section and click the Add button. b. Expand the VIA Authentication Profiles option and select the new profile name. 4.
6. Enter a name for the server group. Figure 3 Enter a name for the server group Create VIA Connection Profile To create VIA connection profile: 1. Navigate to Configuration > Security > Authentication > L3 Authentication tab. Click the VIA Connection Profile option and enter a name for the connection profile. Figure 4 Create VIA Connection Profile 2. Click on the new VIA connection profile to configure the connection settings. You can configure the following options for a VIA connection profile.
Table 6 Connection Profile Options Configuration Option Description VIA tunneled networks A list of network destination (IP address and netmask) that the VIA client will tunnel through the controller. All other network destinations will be reachable directly by the VIA client. Enter an IP address and network mask. Click the Add button to add them to the tunneled networks list. To delete a network entry, select the IP address and click the Delete button.
Table 6 Connection Profile Options Configuration Option Description Enable split-tunneling Enable or disable split tunneling. If enabled, all traffic to the VIA tunneled networks (Step 3 in this table) will go through the controller and the rest is just bridged directly on the client. If disabled, all traffic will flow through the controller. Default: off Allow client-side logging Enable or disable client side logging.
Figure 5 Select VIA Authentication Profile Associate VIA Connection Profile to User Role To associate a VIA connection profile to a user role: 1. Navigate to Configuration > Security > Access Control > User Roles tab. 2. Select the VIA user role (See “Create VIA User Roles” on page 14) and click the Edit button. 3. In the Edit Role page, navigate to VIA Connection Profile and select the connection profile from the dropdown list box and click the Change button. 4.
Figure 7 Create VIA Client WLAN Profile 4. Expand the new WLAN profile and click on the SSID Profile. In the profile details page, select New from the SSID Profile drop-down box and enter a name for the SSID profile. 5. In the Basic tab, enter the network name (SSID) and select 802.11 security settings. Click the Apply button to continue. Figure 8 Configure the SSID Profile 6. You can now configure the SSID profile by selecting the SSID profile under VIA Client WLAN Profile option.
Figure 9 Configure VIA Client WLAN Profile The VIA client WLAN profiles are similar to the authentication settings used to set up a wireless network in Microsoft Windows. The following table shows the Microsoft Windows equivalent settings: Table 7 Configure VIA client WLAN profile Option EAP-PEAP options Description Select the following options, if the EAP type is PEAP (Protected EAP): validate-server-certificate: Select this option to validate server certificates.
Table 7 Configure VIA client WLAN profile Option Description EAP-PEAP: Connect only to these servers Comma separated list of servers. Enable IEEE 802.1x authentication for this network Select this option to enable 802.1x authentication for this network. Default: Enabled. EAP-Certificate: Connect only to these certificates Comma separated list of servers. Inner EAP-Certificate: Connect only to these servers Comma separated list of servers.
To use the default Dell logo, click the Reset button. Customize the Landing Page for Web-based Login To use a custom landing page for VIA web login: 1. Navigate to Configuration > Advanced Services > VPN Services > VIA tab. 2. Under Customize Welcome HTML section, browse and select the HTML file from your computer. Click the Upload button to upload the image to the controller.
(host) (VIA Connection Profile "via") #client-netmask 255.0.0.0 (host) (VIA Connection Profile "via") #dns-suffix-list example.com (host) (VIA Connection Profile "via") #support-email via-support@example.com To enable content security services (CSS), do the following. CSS is available only if you have installed the content security services license. See the Software Licenses chapter in the latest Dell PowerConnect W-ArubaOS User Guide for more information on licenses..
Chapter 2 End User Instructions This section of the document provides end user instructions and information on using the VIA connection manager. Pre-requisites Ensure that the end-user system meets the following pre-requisites: VIA can be installed on systems running: Microsoft Windows XP with SP2 Microsoft Windows Vista (32-bit and 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) NOTE: VIA is supported only in the English versions of Microsoft Windows.
Figure 11 Login to Download VIA Your company logo here Figure 12 Downloading VIA set up file after authentication Installing VIA Double click the downloaded set up file to start the installation process. Ensure that you have met the prerequisites before proceeding with the installation. Using VIA The VIA desktop application has three tabs: Connection Details Diagnostics Settings Connection Details Tab This tab provides all required details about your remote connection.
Disconnect—Click this button to disconnect the current remote connection. You will have to manually connect for the next connection. VIA will not automatically start connection. View Connection Log—Click this button to view the sequence of events that took place during the last or current connection. The log also provides information about upgrade requirement, missing pre-requisites, or other encountered errors. Change Profile—Click this button to select an alternate connection profile.
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