Finish Network Creation

The Finishing the Network Creation Wizard window appears:

1. If you don't want to create key sets now, remove the tick beside Create key sets as soon as the Network Creation Wizard has finished.

   Note: If you use this step to create key sets and then use those key sets for installing ViPNet software on network nodes, you will need to make manual settings within the software (such as setting IP addresses for coordinators and selecting IP addresses server) in order to set the connections between all nodes of the ViPNet network.

   If you know the parameters of your ViPNet network, we recommend you do not create keys on this step but create them later via the ViPNet Manager interface. This means manual settings on each node won't be required.

2. Click Finish.

   If you chose to create key sets now, the Digital Roulette (random number generator) appears:

   

3. Follow the instructions described in the window.

   The following message appears:

   

4. Click OK. The Certificate Request window appears:

   

   By default, the Administrator is the owner of the root certificate and the certificate is given a validity period of five years. You can change these details and others via the Subject and Validity tabs.

5. Click OK to continue. A window appears that shows the generation of the key sets. When the process is finished, the following message appears:

   

   All created key sets files, user passwords and administrator passwords are put into the \NCC\KEYS subfolder of the ViPNet Manager installation folder. Key sets are saved in files with a .dst extension and these files are put in folders named after the network nodes. ViPNet user passwords are saved in the ViPNet.txt file (passwords list). Administrator passwords are saved in the ViPNet_a.txt file.

6. Click OK. A window displaying the contents of the KEYS subfolder opens.
7. For future use, create a backup copy of the \NCC\Keys subfolder on a separate media (eg, floppy, USB-flash or CD). The key set information is then easily accessible when installing software on client and coordinator computers. Note: Make sure the media can be used by those computers.

   After you close the KEYS window, the ViPNet Manager interface automatically opens.

8. Click the client network node for the ViPNet Manager's workstation and from the Keys tab, write down the user password.

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