2.4 Adding Mobile Users as Location Partners

You must add each Mobile User Group as a partner of a Location. Adding Mobile Users as Location partners associates those users with specific Corente Services Gateways. Mobile Users can then connect over the Internet using secure tunnels to the Corente Services Gateways.

You configure the secure tunnels through which Mobile Users connect to Corente Services Gateways by adding one or more tubes. Tubes define firewall policies for connections between Mobile Users and Locations. Tubes also control access permissions between Mobile Users and computers, programs, and services on your LAN.

Note
  • When Mobile Users connect to their host Locations, the Corente Services Gateways can enforce firewall policies on the local side of the connection only.

  • You cannot configure Quality of Service (QoS) rules for Mobile Users.

  • When you add a Mobile User Group as a partner of a Location, that Location becomes the host for those users. If the host Location has partnerships with other Locations in your Corente Services network, Mobile Users can also access those Locations only if you select the Backhaul All Traffic option when you add the Mobile Users.

To add Mobile User Groups as Location partners, do the following:

  1. Open App Net Manager.

  2. Expand the Locations menu in the domain directory.

  3. Select the Location to which you want to partner Mobile Users.

  4. Right-click the Location and then select Edit.

    The Edit Location window displays.

  5. Enable the Location for Mobile User access and define an IPSec pre-shared key (PSK), if required.

    1. Select the User Remote Access tab on the Edit Location window.

    2. Select Allow Mobile User Access to the Network tab on the User Remote Access tab.

      Note

      You cannot partner Mobile Users to a Location if you do not select this option.

    3. Specify the IPSec pre-shared key in the Shared Secret field.

      You should follow the PSK best practices to ensure network security. See the Corente Services Security Guide.

  6. Select the Partners tab on the Edit Location window.

  7. Select Add on the Partners tab.

    The Add Partner dialog displays.

  8. Select Mobile User Group and then select the appropriate Mobile User Group from the drop-down menu item.

  9. Select Add to add and configure a tube for the Mobile User Group.

    The Add Tube dialog displays.

  10. Configure the tube with the appropriate settings. See the App Net Manager Help for field descriptions and detailed instructions.

  11. Select OK to close the Add Tube dialog and then select OK to close the Add Partner dialog.

  12. Select OK when you are finished making changes to the Location and then save your changes.