Configuring Location Awareness Rules

To configure location awareness rules, use the following steps.

1.Ifnot already created, create a connection or open an existing connection.

Location Awareness rules are applicable for SRX connections and Connect Secure or Policy Secure (L3) connections. Location awareness rules do not apply to UAC (802.1X) connections.

2.Click the Mode list, and select the mode, User, Machine, or Machine or user.

3.For User Mode, manually select Connect automatically under options. For Machine or User or Machine modes, Connect automatically option is enabled by default.

4.Under Location awareness rules, click New.

Alternatively, select the check box next to an existing rule, and then click Duplicate to create a new rule that is based on an existing rule.

5.Specify a Name and Description for the rule.

6.In the Action list, select one of the following and specify a network interface as Physical, Pulse Secure, or Any.

•DNS server—Specify the DNS server IP address in the IP address box.

•Resolve address—Specify the hostname in the DNS name box and the IP address or addresses in the IP address box.

•EndpointAddress—Specify the IP address or addresses in the IP address box. Also specify a network interface on which the condition must be satisfied.

1.Click Save Changes.

2.Enabling Location Awareness Rules

To enable location awareness rules, use the following steps.

1.Specify how to enforce the selected location awareness rules by selecting one of the following options:

•All of the above rules—The connection is attempted only when all selected location awareness rules are satisfied.

•Any of the above rules—The connection is attempted when any of the selected location awareness rules is satisfied.

•Custom—The connection is attempted only when all selected location awareness rules are satisfied according to the Boolean logic you specify in the Custom box. The accepted Boolean operators are AND, OR, NOT, and ( ).
For example, connect to Pulse Connect Secure where Rule-1 and Rule-2 are defined. To set a custom rule where, Rule-1 is false and Rule-2 is true. The Boolean logic in the custom box would be NOT Rule-1 AND Rule-2.

2.Click Save Changes.