Sprint Nextel PG86100 manual Setting Up Secure Credential Storage, Adding a VPN Connection

Setting Up Secure Credential Storage

If your network administrator instructs you to download and install security certificates, you must first set up the device’s secure credential storage.

1.Press > , tap Settings > Security, and then tap Set password.

2.Enter a new password (at least eight characters without any spaces) for the credential storage, scroll down and confirm the password, and then tap OK.

3.Select the Use secure credentials check box.

You can then download and install the certificates needed to access your local network. Your network administrator can tell you how to do this.

Adding a VPN Connection

1.Press > and tap Settings > Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

2.Tap Add VPN, and then tap the type of VPN you want to add.

3.Tap VPN settings and set them up according to the security details you you got from your network administrator.

4.When finished, press , and then tap Save.

The VPN is then added to the VPNs section of the VPN settings screen.

Connecting to a VPN

1.Press > and then tap Settings > Wireless & networks > VPN settings.

2.In the VPNs section, tap the VPN that you want to connect to.

3.When prompted, enter your log in credentials, and then tap Connect. When you are connected, the

VPN connected icon appears in the notification area of the title bar.

4.You can then open the Web browser to access resources such as intranet sites on your corporate network. (For more information, see “To open the Browser:” on page 186.)

Web and Data

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