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SonicWallSMAConnectTunnel12.0DeploymentPlanningGuide
AboutSonicWallSMAConnectTunnel
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• Forusersrunningotherbrowsers,theapplianceautomaticallyprovidesTranslatedWebaccess.Ifyou
wouldrathernotinstallanagentoryourusers’systemsdon’tsupportActiveX,youcanconfigurethe
appliancetoprovideTranslatedWebaccess.
• AsanalternativetoTranslatedWebaccess,whichmayhavelimitationswithsome
Webapplicationssuch
asAJAX,customportmappingorcustomFQDNmappingcanbeused.Thesemethodsinvolvemapping
thebackendresourceeithertoaportontheEX‐Seriesappliance,ortoanexternalfullyqualifieddomain
name.
TheSMAappliancealsosupports Web‐basedaccesstoWindowsTerm inal Services
(WTS)andCitrixhosts.These
hostsareaccessedbyWeb‐basedterminalagentsthatuseproprietaryprotocolstocommunicatewiththe
terminalserver.
Topics:
• NetworkExploreronpage12
• ConnectTunnelClientonpage12
• OnDemandTunnelAgentonpage12
• MobileConnectApponpage12
• WebProxyAgentonpage13
• TranslatedWebAccessonpage13
• CustomPortMappingonpage13
• CustomFQDNMappingonpage13
• EndPointControl
Componentsonpage13
• VirtualAdministratorComponentsonpage13
NetworkExplorer
NetworkExplorerisaWeb‐basedextension,accessiblefromWorkPlace,thatprovidesaccesstoanyWindows
filesystemresourcesthattheuserhaspermissiontouse(evenfromdesktopbrowsersonnon‐Windows
platforms).Theseresourcescanincludeservers,computers,workgroups,folders,andfi les.
ConnectTunnelClient
ConnectTunnelisanapplicationthatprovidesbroadaccesstonetworkresourcesfromdevicesrunninga
Windows,Macintosh,orLinuxoperatingsystem.ItprovidesaccesstoanyIP‐basedtypeofapplicationprotocol
andICMP,anditwillrouteVoIP(VoiceOverInternetProtocol)overTCP /IP.ConnectTunnelisinitiallyinstalled

fromtheWorkPlaceportalorfromaseparateinstallerpackage.
OnDemandTunnelAgent
TheOnDemandTunnelagentislightweight,Web‐based,andprovidesthesamebroadaccesstoapplications
andprotocolsasConnectTunnel.ItissimilarinallrespectstoConnectTunnelexceptthatitisactivatedeach
timeauserlogsintotheWorkPlaceportalfromanActiveXorJava‐enabled
device.
MobileConnectApp
SonicWallMobileConnectprovidesfast,safe,easy‐to‐usesecuremobileaccesstoresourcesfromarangeof
deviceplatforms,includingiOS,Android,MacOSX,andWindowsonbothsmartphonesandtablets.Mobile