Mobile Connect User Guide for Android 5.0

Monitoring Mobile Connect

The Monitor screen displays additional details about the connection, statistics on traffic transmitted, DNS information, and routes that have been installed.

The compression ratio is shown when connected to a SonicWall SMA 100 Series with compression enabled. Traffic over the VPN tunnel is compressed using the LZ4 algorithm.

Displaying the protocol information in Monitor when connected to different appliances:

    When connected to SonicWall SMA100 Series, you will see Auto or WireGuard or SSLVPN in the Protocol information.
    When connected to UTM appliances, you will see the Protocol information but, WireGuard is not supported.
    When you are connected to SonicWall SMA 1000 Series, you will not see the Protocol information.

Monitor screen

The About screen of Mobile Connect displays the version number and legal text.

About screen

When a Mobile Connect session is active, the Android notifications panel includes a key icon indicating that the VPN is connected.

Key icon in notification panel

Tapping on the Network may be monitored message in the Android notification panel displays a dialog that the device is connected to SonicWall.

Network monitoring dialog

Tapping Settings opens the VPN section of the Android Settings app and shows the status of Mobile Connect.

VPN status

Tapping the SonicWall row in the VPN list displays a dialog that provides two buttons:

  • Cancel - Closes the dialog.
  • Disconnect - Disconnects the Mobile Connect session.

Disconnect VPN dialog

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