SonicWALL SonicWALL SSL VPN 5.5 manual Configuring Batch File Commands

Using NetExtender

Note Enabling this feature may cause connection delays while remote client’s printers and drives are mapped. Make sure the domain controller and any machines in the logon script are accessible via NetExtender routes.

Step 4 To enable the script that runs when NetExtender connects, select the Automatically execute the batch file “NxConnect.bat” checkbox. Optionally, you may now also select to Hide the console window. If this checkbox is not selected, the DOS console window will remain open while the script runs.

Step 5 To enable the script that runs when NetExtender disconnects, select the Automatically execute the batch file “NxDisconnect.bat” checkbox.

Step 6 Click Apply.

Configuring Batch File Commands

NetExtender Connection Scripts can support any valid batch file commands. For more information on batch files, see the following Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bat. The following tasks provide an introduction to some commonly used batch file commands.

Step 1 To configure the script that runs when NetExtender connects, click the Edit “NxConnect.bat” button. The NxConnect.bat file is displayed.

Step 2 To configure the script that runs when NetExtender disconnects, click the Edit “NxDisconnect.bat” button. The NxConnect.bat file is displayed.

Step 3 By default, the NxConnect.bat file contains examples of commands that can be configured, but no actual commands. Too add commands, scroll to the bottom of the file.

Step 4 To map a network drive, enter a command in the following format:

net use drive-letter\\server\share password /user:Domain\name

For example to if the drive letter is z, the server name is engineering, the share is docs, the password is 1234, the user’s domain is eng and the username is admin, the command would be the following:

net use z\\engineering\docs 1234 /user:eng\admin

Step 5 To disconnect a network drive, enter a command in the following format:

net use drive-letter: /delete

For example, to disconnect network drive z, enter the following command:

net use z: /delete

Step 6 To map a network printer, enter a command in the following format:

net use LPT1 \\ServerName\PrinterName /user:Domain\name

For example, if the server name is engineering, the printer name is color-print1, the domain name is eng, and the username is admin, the command would be the following:

net use LPT1 \\engineering\color-print1 /user:eng\admin

Step 7 To disconnect a network printer, enter a command in the following format:

net use LPT1 /delete

Step 8 To launch an application enter a command in the following format:

C:\Path-to-Application\Application.exe

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