Palm 650 User Manual

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Virtual Private Networks

If you want to use your Treo device to access your corporate email account or
other files on your corporate server, you may need to set up a virtual private
network (VPN) on your Treo 650. A VPN enables you to log in to your corporate
server through the company’s firewall (security layer). Without a VPN, you cannot
break through the firewall to gain access to the server.

You need to set up a VPN to access a corporate server in either of the following
two situations:

ⅷ

Your company’s wireless local area network (LAN) is located outside the
firewall.

ⅷ

Your company’s wireless LAN is located inside the firewall, but you are trying
to access the network from outside the firewall (for example, from a public
location or at home).

Check with your company’s system administrator to see if a VPN is required to
access the corporate network. If you need a VPN, you must purchase and install a
third-party VPN client to use this feature.

Install your third-party VPN client. See“Installing Applications” on page 127
for details.

Go to Applications

and select Prefs .

Select VPN.

Enter the settings provided by your corporate system administrator.

Note:

The

Auto Sync

feature in the VersaMail® application may not work with

a VPN connection.