You must turn on the Mobile Proxy feature on your Smoothwall before installing Connect Filter on your devices. This turns on proxy authentication for Connect Filter users.
Client key
Each device running Connect Filter must have a client key installed. Mobile proxy needs the client key to authenticate the device requesting web traffic redirection.
Server key
All Mobile Proxy servers listed in the Mobile Proxy servers section, must have the same Mobile Proxy server key installed. This forces Connect Filter to only use a limited number of Mobile Proxy servers. This has the advantage of load-balancing the web traffic from many Connect Filters across several Mobile Proxy servers.
You can install the server key using one of two methods:
- By downloading it from the Smoothwall that supplied the Mobile Proxy client key, then manually uploading it to each Mobile Proxy server.
- Replicating it from the Smoothwall that supplied the Mobile Proxy client key.
Your Smoothwall must be part of a centrally managed solution for the replication to be successful.
Connect filter
Connect Filter needs user authentication for both local and remote internet access. User names and passwords for Connect Filter users must be setup in your Smoothwall first, via your configured directory services, or as local users. Connect Filter also supports user authentication from account directories, such as Active Directory.
You must configure the proxy servers for Connect Filter to proxy through. Typically, this is your Smoothwall.
Reordering
All configured proxy servers appear in the Mobile Proxy servers section. The order they're listed determines the order of priority, from top to bottom. Connect Filter tries each proxy server until an available proxy responds to requests.
You can change the priority order to the order that you want.