In the advanced mode, the top division of the main dialog window of Kerio VPN Client provides a list of saved connections (items including login data for individual servers). Optionally, the bottom part of the main window provides log information about the program events.
The following status types can be reported in the Status column:
Disconnected — the server is disconnected,
Connecting... — connection is just being established,
Connected (hh:mm:ss) — the server is connected (information about the time when the connection was initiated is provided in parenthesis),
Error (nnn): Text — error detected when establishing the connection (information about the error number is provided in parenthesis followed by a description of the error)
The button can be used to create a new VPN connection.
Server — DNS name or IP address of the server to which Kerio VPN Client is connecting.
Username — username used for authentication at the VPN server.
Password — password used for authentication at the VPN server.
Save password — if this option is enabled, the password for the user profile will be saved.
It is not recommended to save the password unless you are sure that no undesirable user can misuse these settings to connect to the remote private network.
Persistent connection — this option enables/disables persistent connection. Under the persistent connection mode, connection is recovered automatically after an unexpected disconnection (e.g. Internet connection dropout), after a new login (after a user logout or operating system reboot).
Auto connect — persistent connection will be recovered automatically upon any connection of the user (after disconnection, restart or computer shut-down).
Use the button to open the dialog where parameters of a selected connection can be edited (this dialog is identical with the dialog used for creation of a new connection). The button can be used to remove a selected connection. Both buttons are available only if a selected connection is currently Disconnected.
Click the Connect/Disconnect buttons to connect to or disconnect from the selected server (only one of these buttons is available — this depends on the status of a selected connection).
Clicking the button switches Kerio VPN Client to the simple mode (refer to chapter 2.2 Kerio VPN Client in the simple mode). All connections must be currently disconnected, otherwise switching to the other mode is not possible and an error is reported.
Notes:
No login data is remembered for the new mode.
Closing this main window does not close Kerio VPN Client! Kerio VPN Client can be exited by using the Exit option in the context menu available through the taskbar icon (see chapter 2.1 Taskbar icon).
The Show log option displays the bottom part of the log window providing detailed information about Kerio VPN Client events.
All significant events are logged, such as Kerio VPN Client initialization, connection establishment, authentication, exchange of routing information, detected errors, etc. Each line includes information associated with one event. Each line is started with a time stamp (date and time when the event was initialized). Time stamps are followed by corresponding descriptions.
The log is kept in the buffer only, it is not saved in any file. This means that any information is cleared and cannot be recovered when the button is clicked or when Kerio VPN Client is closed.
Information provided in the log can be used for testing and debugging as well as for troubleshooting with the Kerio Technologies technical support.
HINT: It is possible to select a part of the log text with the mouse pointer and use the context menu (by clicking the right mouse button) to copy the selection to the clipboard. Using the context menu, whole log can be selected as well by choosing the appropriate option. And, of course, standard Ctrl-C and Ctrl-A hot keys can be used for copying the text in the clipboard.