A Corente Client can participate in the Corente Services backhaul feature. All IP traffic (both Internet and Corente Services network) from a Corente Client must be backhauled to its host Location across the secure Corente Services network tunnel. The "split tunnel" model (where the Corente Services network traffic is sent across the tunnel and the Internet traffic is sent directly to the Internet) can be enabled for specific Corente Client accounts, but it is generally recommended that all Corente Clients are backhauled. For more information about enabling or disabling backhaul for a legacy client, see Managing a Legacy Corente Client Account.
Each Corente Services Gateway that is enabled for Mobile Users must function as a Backhaul Server. When you select the Enable Client access to this Location option, the Location form will automatically enable the Backhaul Server option as well. To verify backhaul settings, go to the Network tab and review the Backhaul section. The Backhaul Server option should be selected.
When the Backhaul Server option is selected, in addition to receiving the backhauled traffic of its Corente Client partners, the Location gateway can also receive backhauled IP traffic from Locations designated as Backhaul Clients.
If you would like, you can use the following option:
Optional Default Gateway: When the Backhaul Server option is selected, you can supply an IP address or DNS name of a server on the LAN where this Corente Services Gateway will send all of the Internet traffic that has been routed to it. This enables you to specify the server that the traffic will be sent to and received from for filtering and Internet access rules, so that you do not have to change the default Internet Gateway for this Corente Services Gateway in the Network Interfaces section of the Network tab.
Because of backhaul, Corente Clients will access the Internet through their host Location when connected to the Corente Services network. Therefore, you must make sure that the appropriate configuration is completed on Corente Clients so that they can access the Internet at that location. In particular, if your users in your host Location’s site have to employ a proxy setting to reach the Internet, Corente Client users will also have to employ that same proxy setting because Internet access for the client is being backhauled through the office tunnel.
Under normal circumstances, to protect the Corente Services network, the Corente Client will not be able to communicate outside the Corente Services network tunnel. This means that all communication between a Corente Client and its own local network to which it is actually connected, such as a small Home network, is blocked while it is bridged to the LAN of its host Corente Services Gateway. However, when you configure a Corente Client account, you can select the Allow access to the local network option. When this option is selected, this Corente Client will be allowed to access computers on its own LAN in addition to computers across the Corente Services network on the host Location’s LAN. However, the Corente Client’s Internet traffic will not be backhauled.