Virtual Private Networking (VPN)
IF YOUR COMPANY HAS a VPN, you may need to connect to it in order to do things like check your email. Check with the IT staff. If your company has a VPN, and if you’re permitted to use it, they’ll give you the information that lets your Galaxy S II connect to the corporate network over the VPN. They’ll also set up an account for you.
Here’s what you’ll need to set up your Galaxy S II to access the VPN:
The type of technology it uses. The Galaxy S II can work with pretty much any kind of VPN technology out there. Ask whether yours uses PPTP (Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol), L2TP (Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol), L2TP/IPSec PSK (pre-shared, key-based Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol over the IP Security Protocol), or L2TP/IPSec CRT (certificate-based Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol over the IP Security Protocol). (You don’t have to memorize these terms. There’s no quiz later.)
Address of the VPN server. The Internet address of the server to which you need to connect, such as vpn.bigsecurehoncho.com (http://vpn.bigsecure-honcho.com).
Name of the VPN server. The name isn’t always needed, but check, just in case.
Account name and password. The IT folks will supply you with this.
Secret. When it comes to VPNs, there are secrets within secrets. If you use a L2TP connection, you’ll need a password called a Shared Secret in addition to your own password in order to connect.
Other special keys. Depending on which VPN protocol you use, you may require additional keys, which are ...
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