Palm 500V User Guide - Page 253
Connecting to a VPN, Setting up a proxy server, YOUR PERSONAL SETTINGS, CONNECTION SETTINGS
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YOUR PERSONAL SETTINGS 13 CHAPTER Connecting to a VPN If you want to use your smartphone to access your corporate email account or other files on your corporate server, you may need to set up a VPN (virtual private network). A VPN enables you to log in to your corporate server through the company's firewall (security layer). BEFORE YOU BEGIN Check with your company's system administrator to see if a VPN is required to access the corporate network. If you need a VPN, you must purchase and install a third-party VPN client to use this feature. Ask your corporate system administrator for the following information: • The VPN type: IPSec/L2TP or PPTP • Your server name • The type of network you are connecting from and the type you are connecting to: Internet, MMS, WAP, or other • Your VPN username and password • Your server's domain name • The IPSec authentication type, if any • The IPSec preshared key, if any 1 Install your third-party VPN client (see Installing applications). 2 Press Home , and then press Start (left softkey). 3 Navigate to the My Settings content list and press All Settings (right softkey). 4 Select Connections, select More, and then select VPN. 5 Select the connection you want to view or change, or to create a new connection, select New. 6 If this is a new connection, select Description and enter a descriptive name for the connection. 7 Select each field and enter the information you obtained from your system administrator. 8 Press Done (left softkey). Setting up a proxy server BEFORE YOU BEGIN Obtain the following information from your ISP or system administrator: • The type of network you are connecting from, and the type you are connecting to: Internet, MMS, WAP, or other C O N N E C T I O N S E T T I N G S 253