User guide

About Mobile VPN with SSL
290 Firebox X Edge e-Series
About the Mobile VPN with SSL client
The WatchGuard Mobile VPN with SSL client is installed on a user’s computer, whether the user travels or
works from home. The user can then connect with a standard Internet connection and activate the Mobile VPN
client. The Mobile VPN client then creates an encrypted tunnel to the trusted and optional networks, which
are protected by a WatchGuard Firebox.
As a remote user, you must do the following to set up the Mobile VPN with SSL client on your computer:
1. Download the client software
.
2. Install the client software
on your computer.
You can now Connect to the Firebox with the Mobile VPN with SSL client
.
Install the Mobile VPN with SSL client software (Windows Vista and
Windows XP)
After Mobile VPN with SSL has been enabled on the Firebox and users are added to the SSL-VPN Users group,
remote clients can install the client software.
1. Open a web browser on the remote client computer to connect and authenticate to the Firebox.
For more information about how to connect and authenticate to your Firebox, see About the client software.
2. Click the Download button for WG-MVPN-SSL.exe.
3. Save the file to the hard drive of the client PC.
If Mobile VPN with SSL is not enabled on the Firebox, or the user is not part of the SSL-VPN Users group, the
Download button does not appear.
4. Double click WG-MVPN-SSL.exe.
The Mobile VPN with SSL client Setup Wizard starts.
5. Accept the default settings in the Wizard.
6. If you want to add a desktop icon or a Quick Launch icon, select the corresponding check box in the
Wizard.
A desktop or Quick Launch icon is not required. The client Icon is added to the Windows Start menu.
7. Finish and exit the wizard.
To run the client software, you do not need to reboot the computer.