Client Connection via Coordinator

If ViPNet Coordinator is installed on the border of your local network, we recommend you select it for nodes of the local network to enable data exchange with nodes in other networks. Data exchange will be realized through this coordinator and on behalf of its address.

The coordinator firewall type provides routing function with NAT for encrypted packets (IP and MAC addresses are translated). The automatic routing of encrypted packets to the coordinator is realized without changing the TCP/IP Windows's network settings. As a result, the coordinator will not handle non-encrypted traffic; this traffic will be treated according to the configuration of the underlying operating system of the client and routing rules specified in LAN for open traffic.

Immediately after installing ViPNet, the working operation of your network can continue. By minimizing of the settings required on computers after installation, the administration of a large local network becomes much simpler.

To configure a client's connection via a coordinator:

Select the client node and click the Firewall tab.
Ensure there is a tick in the Use firewall check box.
Select Coordinator from the Firewall type drop-down box.
Select the coordinator that will act as a firewall from the Coordinator acting as firewall drop-down list box. By default, this is the coordinator on which this client is registered.
Select the relationship between the client you are setting and the coordinator that will act as firewall from the Positional relationship between network node and coordinator drop-down list box.
Note: This list box displays if firewall settings have been made for the coordinator acting as a firewall.

If you want the network configuration you are creating to work correctly, you must choose In the same local network (the same routing), otherwise the coordinator acting as the firewall must not use a firewall.