How to establish a VPN connection with a remote device
You can establish a remote device connection through VPN, serial or USB ports.
VPN connection
- Access the UBIQUITY Manager and select .
- Browse through the domain pane on the left, and select the device for which you would like to establish a serial connection.
- Above the right pane, select the VPN button.
- The Interactive Access Tool opens up. Select Connection.
- In the VPN tab, you can select:
- Connection Details: Read-only details on the VPN connection between Runtime and the device.
- VPN Traffic Details: Read-only details on sent and received traffic sorted by IP address.
- IP configuration: Select how you wish to get a virtual LAN IP assigned between Virtual LAN IP address is assigned by Runtime and Virtual LAN IP address is manually assigned.
The Runtime releases random IP addresses within a given range in its network and builds up an ARP cache. Each IP address released within the same network that is not associated to any MAC address will be assigned to the VPN virtual network adapter.
Link-local addresses might not be unique beyond their network segment.
If the automation network uses link-local addresses belonging to class 169.254.0.0/16, the VPN adapter assigns an IP address compatible with the network according to the specifications provided by the link-local protocol itself.
If the Runtime network exposes more IP addresses of different classes, a virtual interface will be assigned to multiple IP addresses, each compatible with its class.
To set an IP addresses interval:
- Access the Windows Runtime installed on the remote device.
Note: See Windows Runtime installation and configuration to learn more about Runtime installation.
- Select the VPN configuration tab.
- Flag the VPN entry.
- Click Configure.
- The VPN Static IP pool opens up. Enter one or more IP address ranges in the related From and To fields. You can also enter the subnet Mask.