FortiClient Manager : Configuring FortiClient agent settings : Configuring the VPN settings of a FortiClient agent
 
Configuring the VPN settings of a FortiClient agent
The FortiClient Manager can automatically download a VPN setting from the FortiGate unit running FortiOS v4.0 or higher to which your FortiClient agent connects.
If the VPN gateway that your FortiClient agent connects to is a third-party gateway, you must configure the FortiClient VPN settings on the FortiClient agent manually.
 
If the agent is locked down by FortiClient Manager, you cannot change the VPN configuration. However, you can connect or disconnect VPN tunnels that are already configured. Lockdown can be applied globally (see “Configuring FortiClient manager system settings”) or on specific FortiClient agents (see“Configuring system settings of a FortiClient agent”).
Create New
Select to create a VPN.
Override
The FortiClient agent’s configuration includes those inherited from the group to which the agent belongs.
Selecting override allows you to modify the inherited VPN policy on this FortiClient agent. Deselecting override means that you want to use the VPN policy inherited from the group to which the agent belongs.
Even with inherited VPN policies, you can still create new VPN policies for a FortiClient agent.
See “Adding a FortiClient agent group” and “Configuring settings for client groups”.
Name
The name for the VPN.
Type
The type of methods used to create VPNs. In this release, only the automatic method is supported.
Policy Server
The IP address of the VPN gateway, that is, the FortiGate unit running FortiOS v4.0 that the FortiClient agent connects to.
Action
Select the Delete icon to remove a VPN, and Edit icon to modify a VPN.
Select Copy to Group to add this configuration to the group to which this FortiClient agent belongs.
To configure VPN settings:
1. In the FortiClient Manager, select Client/Group > Client > Managed Client in the navigation pane.
2. In the All Managed Clients list, select the FortiClient agent you want to configure from the Host Name column.
3. From the FortiClient menu, select VPN > Download Connection.
4. Select Create New.
5. Enter a descriptive name for the VPN connection.
6. For Category, select Automatic.
7. For Policy Server, enter the IP address of the VPN gateway.
8. Select OK.