Sonicwall Global Vpn Client Configuration

[Timothee Cazares]

uponverification of the shared secret, a user name a password field will appear. ( enter the local user and password we created earlier and placed in trusted users group) You status should sow your now connected.

However I also needed a way to setup a connections for the SonicWall iOS client and that was my main concern (I need it on my iPad). After lots of searching I found a fantastic how to video of how to do SSL VPN configurations (You need SSL VPN for the mobile connect apps on iOS and android for SonicWalls).

After following that video I am ready to go! Thanks to those who helped and hopefully this is helpful to the next person who is trying to setup SonicWall mobile connect for their iOS or android devices.

Under VPN > Settings you need to assign a Preshared Key. You also need to configure DHCP for VPN clients and assign VPN access to local users, unless you are using 3rd party authentication like Active Directory.

Is the WAN GroupVPN already configured for Global VPN clients? In other words, has the Global VPN been used by other users? If not, the SonicWALL side needs to be setup first. We can definitely help if you want but I suggest you wait until your boss comes back from vacation.

By default you do not need to configure DHCP or ip on the client as the client will be given an address on the Sonicwall lan side. To ensure that the client ip will not interfere with your current configuration you can point DHCP over VPN to your existing DHCP server (Sonicwall or Windows server).

In that case you should export the WAN GroupVPN policy and save it as a *.rcf file. The file will have all the settings required, the IP address, Pre-Shared key, etc. You can then import the file into Global VPN client and try to connect.

You just need to understand the following scenario, which is used in this article. IP address 1.1.1.1/30 is assigned on the SonicWall X1 interface. As pe our setup, the X1 is the WAN Interface. We will install the SonicWall Global VPN Client (GVC) on the Windows 7 system. Windows 7 PC has proper reachability to 1.1.1.1 i.e. SonicWall WAN Interface through the Internet. You can consider the following network topology:

The Global VPN Client (GVC) uses the IPSec tunnel with the SonicWall appliance. As we already discussed, you must have reachability to the SonicWall firewall to connect the Global VPN Client (GVC). In this article, we will use the SonicWall official Global VPN Client (GVC). The below steps will cover all basics to the advanced configuration of GVC on a SonicWall firewall.

First, you need to download and install the SonicWall Global VPN Client (GVC) from your MySonicwall Portal. You can download it free from your MySonicWall Portal. Visit, MySonicWall Portal and navigate to Resources & Support >> Download Center >> Download Global VPN Client as per your system architecture. You just need to initiate the setup using Administrator Privilege and Install the Setup.

Now, we need to configure the SonicWall Firewall to accept the Global VPN Client requests. Login to the SonicWall Firewall and Navigate to VPN >> Settings. Make sure to enable the VPN Global Settings. Now, navigate to VPN Policies on the same page and make sure to enable the WAN GroupVPN.

In the General Tab, you need to define the Authentication Method. Here, you can configure either the Pre-Shared key method or you can authenticate the client using Certificates. However, in most cases, we use the Pre-Shared Key.

How, in the Proposal Tab, we need to define the Phase1 and Phase 2 Parameters like Encryption, Authentication and key lifetime. Encryption, Authentication parameters are used to encrypt the VPN as well as Network Traffic.

Now, in the Advanced Tab, you need to select the Authentication Group to Authenticate the requests from the Global VPN Client. By default, the Trusted Users Group is selected. However, you can configure different groups as well.

Now, click on Groups. In step 2, Advanced Tab, we define the Authentication Group to Trusted Users. So, make sure that the user test is a member of the Trusted Users Group.

When we configure the WAN GroupVPN in step 2, the SonicWall Firewall automatically adds some rules from VPN to LAN Zone. However, it is always recommended to modify the automatically created rules. So, Navigate to Firewall >> Access Rules and click on Add. You can configure the Access Rule as per your requirement. For example, I want to LAN Subnet access from the SonicWall Global VPN Client to a specific user test. You can refer to the below screenshot for the configuration.

In step 1, we have successfully installed the SonicWall Global VPN Client on the test machine. Now, we need to add a new connection profile with respect to the SonicWall configuration. Click on the Add (+) button on the Global VPN Client.

In this article, we successfully configured the SonicWall Global VPN Client configuration on the SonicWall Next-Gen Firewall. We enable the default WAN GroupVPN Policy. We configured the Pre-Shared Key for the IPSec Phase 1. Then, we configured the Trusted Users Group for the Authentication. We also allowed the HTTPS/SSH Management over the Global VPN Client. In Access Rule, we configured the custom Access Rule for the Network Traffic. Last, we download and install the SonicWall Global VPN Client on the test PC. We are able to communicate with the LAN resources.

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I had the same problem as zapico. I already changed "Allow connections to" to "Split tunnels" and disabled "Set default route as this gateway", but the SonicWALL VPN client still used the VPN connection as the default gateway.

Previously, without the above configuration, removing the tick on the setting for allow route will cause the VPN connection to not be established. However, the settings above (1,2,3) seems to have allowed me to disable the default route.

The only thing keeping me from blowing away the crappy Vista install on my Toshiba laptop and going pure Ubuntu is the fact that I need to VPN to work and they use Sonicwall. Due to some proprietary voodoo used by that particular firewall setup on my work's end, I have to use the Sonicwall client which only runs on Windows.

Yes, there is a Sonicwall NetExtender client that is available for download from sonicwalls website. I use it all the time. Once installed just type netExtender (case sensitive) from the command line and you will be prompted for your creds.

I too, the same stage now. I did'nt tried OpenSwan VPN. How ever net extender won't help in my case. As per my knowledge we have to configure NetExtender in sonicwall device in-order to use NetExtender client

There is an official knowledge base article from SonicWall here that goes through the steps for Linux installation. They discuss both GUI and command line usage of the netExtender program once installed. The later is nice because you won't have to install additional Java dependencies for the GUI

The iframe-based traditional Duo Prompt in SonicWall SRA or SMA RADIUS configurations reached its end of support on March 30, 2024. Customers must migrate to a supported Duo Single Sign-On application with Universal Prompt or a RADIUS configuration without the iframe for continued support from Duo.

We recommend you deploy Duo Single Sign-On for SonicWall SMA 200 Series to protect SonicWall SRA or SMA with Duo Single Sign-On, our cloud-hosted identity provider featuring Duo Central and the Duo Universal Prompt.

Another alternative is to reconfigure your existing radius_server_iframe Duo Authentication Proxy application so that it does not use the iframe, for example, RADIUS with Automatic Push for SonicWall SRA or SMA. See the "Related" links to the left to explore more RADIUS configurations.

If you are using SonicWall Mobile Connect client or SonicWall's Global VPN Client using IPsec, or an unsupported device as listed below, then see the VPN Client Instructions to configure the SonicWall device to use Duo Security's push authentication. The Duo Prompt shown in browsers does not work with SonicWall client VPN applications.

Sonicwall introduced a new "Contemporary mode" for SMA in v10.2. This mode may prevent display of the Duo prompt. The issue displaying the Duo prompt in "Contemporary mode" was fixed in SMA firmware update 10.2.1.0-17. If you have issues with the v10 "Contemporary mode" and cannot update your device firmware, access the "Classic mode" login page by changing the VPN login URL in your browser from to -bin/welcome. There is no setting in the SMA config to force use of "Classic mode".

Firewall configurations that restrict outbound access to Duo's service with rules using destination IP addresses or IP address ranges aren't recommended, since these may change over time to maintain our service's high availability. If your organization requires IP-based rules, please review Duo Knowledge Base article 1337.

Before moving on to the deployment steps, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with Duo administration concepts and features like options for applications, available methods for enrolling Duo users, and Duo policy settings and how to apply them. See all Duo Administrator documentation.

You should already have a working primary authentication configuration for your SonicWall SMA/SRA SSL VPN users before you begin to deploy Duo.To integrate Duo with your SonicWall SMA/SRA SSL VPN, you will need to install a local Duo proxy service on a machine within your network. This Duo proxy server will receive incoming RADIUS requests from your SonicWall SMA/SRA SSL VPN, contact your existing local LDAP/AD or RADIUS server to perform primary authentication, and then contact Duo's cloud service for secondary authentication.

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