HTC EVO View 4G User Manual (Gingerbread) - Page 147

Setting Up Secure Credential Storage, Adding a VPN Connection, Connecting to a VPN

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your company's local network. You can get this information from your network administrator. Also, your device must first establish a Wi-Fi or data connection before you can initiate a VPN connection. For information about setting up and using these connections on your device, see "Launching a Web Connection" and "Turning Wi-Fi On and Connecting to a Wireless Network." Setting Up Secure Credential Storage If your network administrator instructs you to download and install security certificates, you must first set up the device's secure credential storage. 1. Press > , tap Settings > Security, and then tap Set password. 2. Enter a new password (at least eight characters without any spaces) for the credential storage, scroll down and confirm the password, and then tap OK. 3. Select the Use secure credentials check box. You can then download and install the certificates needed to access your local network. Your network administrator can tell you how to do this. Adding a VPN Connection 1. Press > and tap Settings > Wireless & networks > VPN settings. 2. Tap Add VPN, and then tap the type of VPN you want to add. 3. Tap VPN settings and set them up according to the security details you have obtained from your network administrator. 4. When finished, press , and then tap Save. The VPN is then added to the VPNs section of the VPN settings screen. Connecting to a VPN 1. Press > and then tap Settings >  Wireless & networks > VPN settings. 2. In the VPNs section, tap the VPN that you want to connect to. 3. When prompted, enter your log in credentials, and then tap Connect. When you are connected, the VPN connected icon appears in the notification area of the title bar. Web and Data 3B. Web and Data Services 135

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3B. Web and Data Services
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Web and Data
your company’s local network. You can get this
information from your network administrator.
Also, your device must first establish a Wi-Fi or data
connection before you can initiate a VPN connection.
For information about setting up and using these
connections on your device, see “Launching a Web
Connection” and “Turning Wi-Fi On and Connecting to
a Wireless Network.”
Setting Up Secure Credential Storage
If your network administrator instructs you to download
and install security certificates, you must first set up the
device’s secure credential storage.
1.
Press
>
, tap
Settings > Security
, and then
tap
Set password
.
2.
Enter a new password (at least eight characters
without any spaces) for the credential storage,
scroll down and confirm the password, and then
tap
OK
.
3.
Select the
Use secure credentials
check box.
You can then download and install the certificates
needed to access your local network. Your network
administrator can tell you how to do this.
Adding a VPN Connection
1.
Press
>
and tap
Settings > Wireless &
networks > VPN settings
.
2.
Tap
Add VPN
, and then tap the type of VPN you
want to add.
3.
Tap
VPN settings
and set them up according to the
security details you have obtained from your
network administrator.
4.
When finished, press
, and then tap
Save
.
The VPN is then added to the VPNs section of the VPN
settings screen.
Connecting to a VPN
1.
Press
>
and then tap
Settings >
Wireless & networks > VPN settings
.
2.
In the VPNs section, tap the VPN that you want to
connect to.
3.
When prompted, enter your log in credentials, and
then tap
Connect
. When you are connected, the
VPN connected icon
appears in the
notification area of the title bar.