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Click the NetExtender button.
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The Allowed Sites - Software Installation dialog is displayed, with the address of the Virtual Office server in the Address of web site field.
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Click Allow to allow Virtual Office to install NetExtender
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Click Close.
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Return to the Virtual Office window.
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Click NetExtender again.
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The Software Installation dialog displays. After a five second countdown, the Install Now button becomes active. Click it.
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NetExtender is installed as a Firefox extension.
When NetExtender completes installing, the NetExtender Status dialog displays, indicating that NetExtender connected successfully. The Status tab indicates the operating state of the NetExtender client.
NOTE: Closing the dialog (clicking on the x icon in the upper right corner of the dialog) does not close the NetExtender session, but does minimize the dialog to the system tray for continued operation.
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When NetExtender successfully installs, the NetExtender icon displays in the task bar. Mousing over the icon displays a tool tip containing the same information (except for Duration) as the NetExtender dialog.
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Click on the Security tab.
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Click on the Trusted Sites icon.
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Enter the URL or domain name of your SonicWall security appliance in the Add this Web site to the zone field.
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Click Add.
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Click the NetExtender button.
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Click Instructions to add SSL VPN server address into trusted sites for help. The instructions display.
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Click on the Security tab.
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Click on the Trusted Sites icon.
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Enter the URL or domain name of your SonicWall security appliance in the Add this Web site to the zone field.
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Click Add.
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Click the NetExtender button. The portal installs the NetExtender stand-alone application automatically on your computer. The NetExtender installer dialog opens.
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If a warning message that NetExtender has not passed Windows Logo testing is displayed, click Continue Anyway. SonicWall testing has verified that NetExtender is fully compatible with Windows Vista, XP, and higher.
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When NetExtender completes installing, the NetExtender Status dialog displays, indicating that NetExtender connected successfully. For information about the information displayed on this page, see NetExtender Status Dialog: Status Tab.
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Launch the NetExtender Client. The NetExtender Setup dialog displays.
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Server—the WAN IP address of the managing NSA/TZ appliance that is on the site where the WXA appliance and server are located. Enter a colon (:) after the WAN IP address, and then enter the server port number.
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Username—the username created by the Administrator.
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Password—the password created by the Administrator.
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Domain—the domain name displayed in the SSL VPN > Server Settings page of the managing NSA/TZ appliance’s management interface.
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Click on the WXAC tab
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Click the Install WAN Acceleration Client link.
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NOTE: The WXAC tab displays if the system is licenced for WXAC and a WXA appliance is attached/operational. If the WXAC tab is not displayed, refer to the WXA 1.2 User’s Guide for detailed information on how to configure the NetExtender WXAC.
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Navigate to Start > All Programs.
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Select the SonicWall SSL VPN NetExtender folder.
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The IP address of the last server you connected to is displayed in the SSL VPN Server field. To display a list of recent servers you have connected to, select it from the Server drop-down menu.
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The last domain you connected to is displayed in the Domain field.
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The Connection Profiles pane displays the SSL VPN connection profiles you have used, including the IP address of the server, the domain, and the username.
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Click the Remove button.
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Click the Remove All buttons to delete all connection profiles.
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Select the Automatically connect with Connection Profile checkbox.
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To have NetExtender launch when you log in to your computer, check the Automatically start NetExtender UI. When NetExtender starts, it displays only in the system tray.
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To have the NetExtender log-in window display, check the Display NetExtender UI checkbox.
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To have the NetExtender icon display in the system tray, select Minimize to the tray icon when NetExtender window is closed. If this option is not checked, you can access the NetExtender UI only through Window’s Program menu.
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To have NetExtender display tips when you mouse over the NetExtender icon, select Display Connect/Disconnect Tips from the System Tray.
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To have NetExtender attempt to reconnect when it loses connection, select Automatically reconnect when the connection is terminated.
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To have precise data displayed in the connection status, select Display precise number in connection status.
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To have NetExtender uninstall every time you end a session, select Uninstall NetExtender automatically.
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To have NetExtender log out of all of your SSL VPN sessions when you exit a NetExtender session, select Disconnect an active connection.
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Click Apply.
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To enable the domain login script, select the Attempt to execute domain login script checkbox. When enabled, NetExtender attempts to contact the domain controller and execute the login script.
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To enable the script that runs when NetExtender connects, select the Automatically execute the batch file “NxConnect.bat” check box.
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To edit the NxConnect.bat file, click the Edit “NxConnect.bat” button. See Configuring Batch File Commands.
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To enable the script that runs when NetExtender disconnects, select the Automatically execute the batch file “NxDisconnect.bat” check box.
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To hide either of the console windows, select the appropriate Hide the console window check box. If this checkbox is not selected, the DOS console window remains open while the script runs.
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NetExtender Connection Scripts support any valid batch file commands. For more information on batch files, see the following Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bat. Table tasks provide an introduction to some commonly used batch file commands.
To configure the script that runs when NetExtender:
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Click the Edit “NxDisconnect.bat” button. The NxDisconnect.bat file displays. When you have finished editing the scripts, save the file and close it.
TIP: By default, the NxConnect.bat file contains examples of commands that can be configured, but no actual commands. To add commands, scroll to the bottom of the file.
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For example, if the drive letter is z, the server name is engineering, the share is docs, the password is 1234, the user’s domain is eng and the username is admin, enter: |
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For example, to disconnect network drive z, enter: |
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For example, if the server name is engineering, the printer name is color-print1, the domain name is eng, and the username is admin, enter: |
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C:\Path-to-Application\Application.exe
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start http://www.website.com
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C:\Path-to-file\myFile.doc
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Check the Enable proxy settings box.
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Automatically detect settings - To use this setting, the proxy server must support Web Proxy Auto Discovery Protocol (WPAD), which can push the proxy settings script to the client automatically.
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Use automatic configuration script - If you know the location of the proxy settings script, select this option.
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Enter the URL of the scrip in the Address field.
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Use proxy server - Select this option to enter settings manually:
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Enter the address of the proxy server in the Address field.
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If entering a user name and password is required for the proxy server, enter them in he User name and Password fields. If you do not specify them in the Preferences dialog, a NetExtender dialog prompts you to enter them when you first connect.
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Click the Internet Explorer proxy settings button to open Internet Explorer’s proxy settings.
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Click OK.
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The NetExtender log displays information on NetExtender session events. The log is a file named NetExtender.dbg and is stored in the directory: C:\Program Files\ SonicWall\SSL VPN\NetExtender.
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Right click on the NetExtender icon in the system tray.
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To display entries from a specific duration of time, go to the Filter menu and select the cutoff threshold.
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The log displays all entries that match or exceed the severity level. For example, when selecting the Error level, the log displays all Error and Fatal entries, but not Warning or Info entries.
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Click the Debug Log icon.
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Go to Log > Debug Log.
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NOTE: It may take several minutes for the Debug Log to load. During this time, the Log dialog is not accessible, although you can open a new Log window while the Debug Log is loading.
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Click on Log > Clear Log.
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Click Disconnect. Wait several seconds. The NetExtender session disconnects.
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Clicking the Disconnect button.
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When NetExtender becomes disconnected, the NetExtender dialog displays to give you the option to either Reconnect or Close NetExtender.
You can configure NetExtender to automatically notify users when an updated version of NetExtender is available. Users are prompted to click OK. NetExtender downloads and installs the update from the SonicWall security appliance.
The NetExtender utility is automatically installed on your computer.
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Click on Start > All Programs.
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Click on SonicWall SSL VPN NetExtender.
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Click on Uninstall.
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You can also configure NetExtender to automatically uninstall when your session is disconnected.
To uninstall NetExtender automatically upon session disconnection:
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Click the Settings tab.
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Select Uninstall NetExtender automatically to have NetExtender uninstall every time you end a session.
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Click OK.
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To display the routes that NetExtender has installed on your system, click the Route Information option in the system tray menu. The system tray menu displays the default route and the associated subnet mask.
You can display connection information by mousing over the NetExtender icon in the system tray.
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Click the NetExtender button.
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When NetExtender is successfully installed and connected, the NetExtender Status dialog displays.
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The first time you connect, you must enter the server name or IP address in the SSL VPN Server field.
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The first time you connect, you must enter the domain name.
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Click Connect.
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You can instruct NetExtender to remember your profile server name in the future. In the Save profile drop-down menu you can select:
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When NetExtender is connected, the NetExtender icon displays in the status bar at the top right of your display. Click on the NetExtender icon to display NetExtender options.
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To display a summary of your NetExtender session, click Connection Status.
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To view the routes that NetExtender has installed, go to the NetExtender menu.
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Select Routes.
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To view the NetExtender Log, go to Window > Log.
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To generate a diagnostic report with detailed information on NetExtender performance, go to Help > Generate diagnostic report.
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Click Save to save the diagnostic report using the default nxdiag.txt file name in your NetExtender directory.
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Click the NetExtender button. A dialog indicates that you have chosen to open the NetExtender.tgz file.
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Click OK to save it to your default download directory.
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Enter the tar -zxf NetExtender.tgz command.
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Type the cd netExtenderClient command.
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Type ./install to install NetExtender.
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Launch the NetExtender.tgz file.
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The first time you connect, you must enter the server name or IP address in the SSL VPN Server field. NetExtender remembers the server name in the future.
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The first time you connect, you must enter the domain name. NetExtender remembers the domain name in the future.
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NOTE: You must be logged in as root to install NetExtender, although many Linux systems allow the sudo ./install command to be used if you are not logged in as root.
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Go to the NetExtender menu.
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Select Routes.
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To view the NetExtender Log, go to NetExtender > Log.
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To generate a diagnostic report with detailed information on NetExtender performance, go to Help > Generate diagnostic report.
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Click Save to save the diagnostic report using the default nxdiag.txt file name in your NetExtender directory.
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