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title: "Ubuntu - How to configure SonicWALL NetExtender"
canonical: "https://qdocs.qcri.org/space/pubkb/39583971/Ubuntu%20-%20How%20to%20configure%20SonicWALL%20NetExtender"
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Introduction Below section describes the steps which have to be followed in order to configure QCRI VPN access from a Linux based machine Download and Install VPN Client Step 1 - Download the NetExtender Linux client application using the links at the right pane, Step 2 - Extract the zipped file which you have downloaded in Step 1 $ tar -zxf NetExtender.Linux-10.2.826.x86_64.tgz  Step 3 - Go inside the directory and run sudo ./install $ cd netExtenderClient
$ sudo ./install  Configure VPN Client You can connect either using GUI or from Command Line Connect through CLI Use the below command to connect using the command line method: $ netExtender -u <VPN-Profile-Name> -d qcri.org qvpn.qcri.org:4434  We recommend running it in a separate terminal window or screen. The above command will ask for your qcri password. Connect through GUI Use the below method to connect using the GUI method. Make sure you have java 1.8 installed on your system. You can check this by running the command You can check Jave version installed using below command, $ java -version You can install the latest version of java on your Ubuntu 16.04 or 18.04 systems by opening a terminal and running the following commands: $ sudo apt install software-properties-common
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linuxuprising/java
$ sudo apt update
$ sudo apt install oracle-java14-installer Also you will need the pppd daemon up and running , you can install it using below command on Ubuntu Linux System: $ apt-get install pptpd Once the application has been successfully installed, launch the Sonic wall VPN GUI by running the  netExtenderGui  command and put the following values: Server: qvpn.qcri.org :4434 Username: <username> (put your user id here - no prefix or suffix with domain) Password: ************ Domain: qcri.org Click on  Connect . You should be able to access the QCRI VPN now. Get NetExtender for Linux PRM 32-bit RPM 64-bit Linux TGZ 32-bit Linux TGZ 64-bit