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title: "Connecting Third-Party Devices - icom Connectivity Suite - VPN"
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updated: 2024-08-29T07:37:04Z
published: 2024-08-29T07:37:04Z
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# Connecting Third-Party Devices - icom Connectivity Suite - VPN

In order for a device to act as a participant in the VPN network, it must first be configured for this purpose.

The **icom Connectivity Suite - VPN** is a service of INSYS icom for the simple and secure network connection of locations, plants, control centers and mobile devices via a Virtual Private Network (VPN).

## Situation

You have added a third-party device in the **icom Connectivity Suite – VPN** and want to configure it as participant in the VPN network now.

## Solution

The following Configuration Guides show how to configure an Apple iOS or Android device for the **icom Connectivity Suite – VPN**.

[OpenVPN connection to icom Connectivity Suite under iOS](https://public.centerdevice.de/bf120e9c-d733-4c2a-b6df-a11def0712e0)

[OpenVPN connection to icom Connectivity Suite under Android](https://public.centerdevice.de/0f5f39d4-80de-48de-a2a6-aa0418cf8f5a)

A VPN is a communications environment in which access is controlled to permit peer connections only within a defined community of interest. It is constructed though some form of partitioning of a common underlying communications medium, where this underlying communications medium provides services to the network on a non-exclusive basis