HASP Network Dongle - connecting through a VPN

In order to access a red HASP network dongle from an external network, the IP address of the host computer (where the dongle is plugged in) must be specified on every remote workstation. This is necessary to allow users of the NextGen software located at a remote site or working from home to run the application.

This article assumes that a working VPN connection has already been configured between the remote client and the network where the Sentinel HASP dongle server is located. It does not cover the steps required to set up the VPN itself.

Additionally, the server hosting the HASP network dongle must have a static private IP address within the VPN network. This ensures that remote clients can consistently locate and communicate with the license server.

For example, on a network with addresses 192.168.0.0/24 if the dongle is connected to a server with address 192.168.0.2 (see below) the following operations shall be performed on remote machine with IP 10.8.0.6.

Firewall configuration

Network traffic occurs on port 1947 (both TCP and UDP). Please check that the ports are open and the firewall is not blocking communications.

Remote clients configuration

Configure the dongle machine IP address on every remote pc. The Sentinel Admin Control Center may be reached on every machine at address http://localhost:1947/:

Under the "Configuration" menu select "Access to Remote License Managers" and type the IP address of the dongle machine, then confirm clicking on the "Submit" button:

Establish the VPN connection and check that the server may be reached from the remote machine. Repeat these operations on every remote pc.

In case of problems please contact your network administrator to verify that the communication with the server is working.