366 Section 6C: Customizing Your Treo™ Pro Smartphone by Palm
Connecting to a VPN
If you want to use your Treo Pro smartphone to access your corporate email account or other
files on your corporate server, you may need to set up a VPN (virtual private network). A VPN
enables you to log in to your corporate server through the company’s firewall (security layer).
You need to set up a VPN to access a corporate server in either of the following situations:
ⅷ Your company’s wireless local area network (LAN) is outside the firewall.
ⅷ Your company’s wireless LAN is inside the firewall, but you are accessing the network
from outside the firewall (for example, from a public location or at home).
1. Install your third-party VPN client (see “Installing Applications” on page 318).
2. Press Start and select Settings.
3. Select the Connections tab, and then select Connections .
Before You
Begin
Check with your company’s system administrator to see if a VPN is required
for accessing the corporate network. If you need a VPN, you must purchase
and install a third-party VPN client in order to use this feature. Before you
begin setting up a VPN, ask your system administrator for the following
information:
• Your user name and password.
• Your server’s domain name.
• Your server’s TCP/IP settings.
• Your server’s host name or IP address.
Did you know?
A common cause of sync problems is the presence of protective software,
such as VPNs or firewalls, on your computer or network. See “The Desktop
Sync Software Does Not Respond to a Sync Attempt” on page 389.
