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SonicWallSMAConnectTunnel12.0DeploymentPlanningGuide
PlanningYourVPN
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• AdministrativeresourcesavailabletomanageandsupportaVPN.
Accessmethodadvantagessummarizestheaccessmethodsandtheiradvantages.
Accessmethodadvantages
AccessMethod ProvidesAccessto Advantages
ConnectTunnel Fullnetworkaccessto
client/serverapplications,
Webresources,network
shares,andbi‐directional
applicationssuchasVoIP,
SMS,andFTP.
• Stand‐aloneclientinstalled
fromWorkPlaceportalor
fromcustominstallerpackage,withnorebooting
required.
• Enhancedsecurityoptionsincludingsplittunneling,
andredirectionofalltrafficoronlylocaltraffic.
• Localprintingsupport.
• Typicallyusedforremoteaccessonsystemsthatcan
bereadilymanagedbyITsuchasacorporatelaptop
usedby
atravelingorremoteemployee.
NOTE:Administratorrightsarerequiredforinstallation.
OnDemandTunnel Fullnetworkaccessto
client/serverapplications,
Webresources,network
shares,andbi‐directional
applicationssuchasVoIP,
SMS,andFTP.
• ActivatedfromtheWorkPlaceportal.
• Enhancedsecurityoptionsincludingsplittunneling,
andredirectionofalloronlylocal
traffic.
• Localprintingsupport.
• Auto‐updating(Windowsclientonly).
NOTE:Administratorrightsarerequiredforinstallation.
MobileConnect Client/serverapplications,
thin‐clientapplications,
andWebresources.
• Stand‐alone,lightweightapplicationthatrunson
WindowsMobile‐powereddevices.
ActiveSync Email,calendar,contacts,
tasks,andout‐of‐office
functionsavailablefrom
theExchangeserver.
• Convenientemail
andrelatedfunctionsaccessfrom
AppleiPhonesandiPads,smartphonesrunningthe
GoogleAndroidoperatingsystem,andsmartphones
runningtheSymbianoperatingsystem
Webproxyagent
(InternetExplorer)
AnyWebresource
(includingWeb‐based
applications,Webportals,
andWebservers)and
Windowsnetworkshares.
• ConvenientaccessfromInternetExplorerwith

ActiveXenabled.
• UsedasafallbackifOnDemandTunnelcannotrun.
• Minimalclientconfigurationandadministrationtasks.
• UserscanaccessanynetworkURLbytypingthe
actualURLinthebrowser’saddressfield.
• BroadWeb‐basedaccesstoenterpriseapplications.
• Singlesign‐on.