Configuration | Policy Management | Access Hours

Configuration | Policy Management | Access Hours

This menu option makes it possible to configure the hours that remote-access groups and users can access the VPN Concentrator. These hours don’t apply to LAN-to-LAN connections. Figure 14-33 shows the default screen with the default settings. Never is self-explanatory. Business Hours include Monday through Friday, 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.

Figure 14-33: Default access definitions

Figure 14-34 shows the screen (Configuration | Policy Management | Access Hours | Modify) used either to modify the Business Hours settings or to create another definition based on these settings. To modify existing settings, select the choice on the initial screen and click the Modify button. Note, the first column drop-downs allow defining whether to include (during) or exclude the row in the access hours. The Name box at the top could be used to create a second range East Coast Hours for any groups in another time zone. The Apply button saves the changes, while the Cancel button abandons them.

Figure 14-34: Modify or add a new access definition

Figure 14-35 shows the screen (Configuration | User Management | Groups | Modify grp-name) used to apply the previous access setting to a specific group. This is a common process in working with group settings where the feature needs to be configured, and then applied to the specific group. The first drop-down allows selecting any defined access time. Note, changing an existing access time definition will impact any groups or users who have that definition assigned to them.