Gathering Information You Need

Gathering Information You Need 

To configure and use the VPN Client, you might need the information listed in this section.

Ask for this information from the system administrator of the private network you want to access. Your 

system administrator might have preconfigured much of this data; if so, he or she will tell you which 

items you need.

• Hostname or IP address of the secure gateway to which you are connecting.

• Your IPSec Group Name (for preshared keys).

• Your IPSec Group Password (for preshared keys).

• If authenticating with a digital certificate, the name of the certificate.

• If authenticating through the secure gateway's internal server, your username and password.

• If authenticating through a RADIUS server, your username and password.

• If authenticating through an NT Domain server, your username and password.2-3

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• If authenticating through a token vendor, your username and PIN.

• If authenticating through a smart card, your smart card, reader, PIN or passcode, and the name of 

the certificate stored on the smart card.

• If you should configure backup server connections, the hostnames or IP addresses of the backup 

servers.