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BlackBerry Enterprise Service 10 version 10.2
 

Create a VPN profile

Android devices do not support VPN profiles.
Note: To allow affected third-party devices to store the XAuth password, you can modify the group-policy attributes of the VPN profile in your Cisco VPN system to include the password-storage enable option. For more information, visit www.blackberry.com/go/kbhelp to read KB30353.
Before you begin: If you use certificate-based authentication, create a CA certificate profile and a client certificate profile, or user certificate profile, and assign them to users. For more information, see Sending certificates to devices.
  1. On the menu bar, click Library.
  2. In the VPN pane, click the + icon.
  3. In the Profile name field, type the profile name.
  4. In the Description of the VPN profile field, type a description for the profile.
  5. In the VPN profile type drop-down list, click the appropriate profile type.
  6. In the Authentication drop-down list, click the appropriate authentication type. The available authentication types depend on the profile type that you selected.
  7. Specify the VPN settings for your organization and select the appropriate options. The required settings and available options depend on the profile type and authentication type that you selected.
  8. In the Hostname or IP address of VPN server field, type the host name or IP address of the VPN gateway.
  9. If the VPN gateway requires that users provide a username, and you don't want users to have to type their username, in the Username for authenticating the connection field, type %UserName%.
  10. In the Proxy type drop-down list, perform one of the following actions:

    Task

    Steps

    Do not select a proxy server.

    Select None.

    Automatically select an available proxy server.

    Select Automatic and type the URL used to retrieve proxy settings.

    Specify a proxy server.
    1. Select Manual.
    2. In the Host name or IP address for the proxy server field, type the host name or IP address.
    3. In the Port number for the proxy server field, type the port number.
    4. In the Username for the proxy server field, type the login name.
    5. In the Password for the proxy server field, type the password.
  11. Click Save.
Last updated: 2015-02-23
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