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Appendix B: Always Best Connected (ABC) - Reference

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In this example, the XML defines that a server is accessible in a corporate intranet at the URL

http://myserver, and serves an HTML file called ACK.html. The content of the file includes the

word ACK, and this is defined as the expected response pattern.

When a connection is opened, ABC will send a request to myserver. If the correct response (ACK)

is received, no further action takes place and the user can continue to use the connection,

because ABC has established that it can reach the corporate intranet. If, however, no response is

received, and the InCorporateScenario and VpnGlobal tags are set to true, ABC will open the

user’s VPN automatically.

VPN Settings

The Vodafone Mobile Broadband application allows an IT administrator to define the VPN that

shall be started, along with any parameters required.

The Vodafone Mobile Broadband application supports a wide range of VPN software:

• Microsoft VPNs – when a Microsoft VPN has been set up on the computer already, it can be

selected via the Settings/VPN menu entry

• Other VPNs – any executable (.exe), batch file (.bat), script file (.cmd) etc. can be defined as the

VPN software that VMB should use. For example, ‘ipsecdialer.exe’ is commonly-used VPN

application from Cisco.

The VPN settings can be customised in the MobileBroadbandProfile.XML file.

Xml element Value Comment

Location

 string Program path / location of the VPN client

ManualProxy

string

Automatically use a manual proxy server

when VPN is opened and a mobile device

connection is in place.

UseMsVpn

boolean Use Microsoft VPN client?

MsVpnName

string Microsoft VPN name

UseOtherVpn

boolean Use other VPN client?

OtherVpnName

string Other VPN name

NoProxyWhenNoVPN

string Inherit original proxy server settings when

VPN is not open.

Use no manual proxy server setting when

VPN is not open.

VpnParam

string Additional start parameter for the VPN

client