VPN Requirements for Steelhead Mobile

VPN environments require that the VPN tunnel not be optimized. When you configure the acceleration policy, add a pass-through rule for the endpoint client VPN port number. This rule must be the first rule on the list.

The Mobile Client has been tested with the following VPN software:

VPN Client Version VPN Hardware Model Notes
Cisco VPN Client 4.8 Cisco PIX 501, Cisco ASA 5000  
Cisco VPN Client 5.0 Cisco PIX 501, Cisco ASA 5000  
Juniper Networks Connect 5.4 Juniper Secure Access 700  
Juniper Networks Connect 5.5 Juniper Secure Access 700  
Nortel Contivity Client 5.01 Nortel VPN Router 600  
Juniper Networks NetScreen Remote VPN Client 8.5 Juniper Networks NetScreen-5GT XP only
OpenVPN Solutions LLC OpenVPN Client 2.0.7    
Microsoft Windows PPTP client    




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