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 VPN network.
Networking via icom Connectivity Suite – VPN
The PCs and routers (VPN clients) as well as locally connected network devices (e.g. controls, measuring devices, web cams) connected via the icom Connectivity Suite – VPN are accessible in all networks and can always be addressed. Simple rules enable to define which participants are allowed to connect with each other and which connections are not permitted.
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The icom Connectivity Suite – VPN (VPN server) provides for the exchange of the routing information by informing each VPN client about it with the registration. In case of changes at the VPN network, the server will be restarted so that an anew automated registration of each client is necessary whereat the routing information will be updated.
If the clients are routers or fault monitors of INSYS icom, these can be configured such that they can be accessed directly via netmapping. The latter is useful if the addresses in the local network behind the router are not to be reconfigured, for example in case of standard machines.
The icom Connectivity Suite – VPN does not only contain the VPN server, but also a web server for accessing the management portal of the VPN service configuration as well as an init server that provides the INSYS routers with the required configuration during startup.
Secure Communication
The VPN network is protected with certificates. These certificates are generated, managed and renewed regularly by the VPN server.
Simple Setup and Management
The VPN service is managed via an easy-to-use management portal. You don’t have to care for generation and management of the certificates since this is all taken over by the icom Connectivity Suite – VPN. HTTPS access to the management portal takes place via TCP port 443.
You benefit from the icom Connectivity Suite – VPN, because you don't have to operate an own OpenVPN server in your network and can save its operation and administration costs therefore. Moreover, it enables a highly flexible and easy to use rights management for all OpenVPN clients as well as a clearly laid out management of the field devices.
Your technicians benefit from an automated OpenVPN configuration of the field clients that allows an installation without any further OpenVPN know-how. The complete VPN configuration is transferred securely to INSYS routers via the startup wizard.
China VPN
The icom Connectivity Suite – VPN permits a secure and reliable connection to devices in mainland China. Your icom Connectivity Suite must be configured for this purpose. Contact the Customer Support Center of INSYS icom (support@insys-icom.de), if you want to have the icom Connectivity Suite – VPN adapted for the use with devices in mainland China. The icom Connectivity Suite – VPN will then be manually reconfigured for China VPN.
Following this reconfiguration, it is possible to select whether a device is installed in China or Rest of World when creating a device. Devices with China selected as the device location are automatically configured to maintain a secure and reliable connection to the icom Connectivity Suite from within mainland China. Devices configured as Rest of World will be configured the same as all other devices in icom Connectivity Suite – VPN.