CHAPTER 9Giving iPad and iPhone Users Remote Access to the Network

So far in this book, users have been accessing your network from the inside by connecting to a wireless network router within the network. But to get full value out of the iPads and iPhones, you may also need to let some users access the network from outside via virtual private networking (VPN). By using VPN, you can establish a secure tunnel through an insecure public network (usually the Internet), connecting the users securely to your company’s network.

This chapter shows you how to connect the iPad and iPhone to your network via VPN. To create the virtual private network (also abbreviated to VPN) connection on the iPad or iPhone, you can either install a configuration profile ...

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