Types of Group VPN / Global VPN Client Scenarios and Configurations

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How To: Basic / initial configuration

• How to Configure WAN GroupVPN on the SonicWall to connect using Global VPN Client?
• How to configure static DHCP assignments for the GVC virtual adapter
• Using Default Key for Simple Client Provisioning for GroupVPN

How To: RouteALL traffic, HUB and Spoke, DHCP Over VPN, LDAP, Radius and CFS.

• Setting Up DHCP over VPN and Route ALL Traffic through this SA
• Users Unable To Access Remote Site To Site VPN Network Through GVC Or SSL
• What does the ‘Forward Packets to Remote VPN ’s feature do?  
• How can I create a DHCP lease scope dedicated for GVC clients not bound to any interface?

Accessing Network Resources over VPN

• Choosing the correct Remote VPN Client Access Networks for GVC
• Unable to Map a Network Drive or Browse My Network Places (Network Neighborhood) Over a Global VPN Client (GVC) Connection
• Restricting GVC VPN Access based on User Account (SonicOS Enhanced)

Installing & configuring VPN client Software on Windows, Macintosh or Linux.

• Installing or uninstalling Global VPN Client (GVC) (Updated)
• Adding a Secondary Public Peer IP address for the GVC connection
• How can launch the GVC and establish a connection when I login to my computer? (at Startup)
• How to change the MAC address of Global VPN Client (GVC) installation
• Error when installing GVC indicating GVC is uninstalled
• It appears that you've uninstalled the SonicWall Global VPN Client

Troubleshooting

• Logon to domain, execute domain login script with Global VPN Client (GVC)
• Log Shows "Failed to find MAC address 00:60:73:xx:xx:xx in the system interfaces table"
• Choosing the correct Remote VPN Client Access Networks for GVC
• How to run Global VPN Client (GVC) on Windows Vista using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007
• After uninstall of Safe net client, Global VPN Client reports: "The safenet client appears to be installed."
• GVC drops the connection with an error of "Bad user name or password".

FAQ

• SonicWall IKE VPN negotiations, UDP Ports and NAT-Traversal
• What does the ‘NAT Traversal’ checkbox do?
• Where to find Global VPN Client (GVC) and SafeNet Cleaner Tools
• What does the ‘Ignore DF (Don’t Fragment) Bit’ checkbox do?
• Should I always use 3DES? What about DES? Or AES?    
• What does the ‘Clean up active tunnels when Peer Gateway DNS name resolves to a different IP Address’ checkbox do?
• What does the ‘Enable Fragmented Packet Handling’ checkbox do?
• L2TP clients and licensed number of GVC clients
• No Internet Access When Connected with SonicWall Global VPN Client (GVC)

Certificates

•   Using GVC with unique user certificate