Connections

• Secure connections through SSL VPN (OpenVPN)
• Connect with a single click to endpoints, gateways or entire remote networks
• Connect Web: Open supported applications directly in browser
• Connect App: Open any application directly from the client
• View connection status for all devices (online/offline)
• View which user(s) are connected to an endpoint/gateway
• Expand/collapse view of endpoints for custom views (or apply to all)

User & Group Management

• Support for individual users and/or user groups
• User can be member or administrator of unlimited user groups
• User can connect to single device or all devices in device group
• Permissions:

• Superuser (Admin)
• Access to sub-organizations
• User group management
• Device group management
• Application management
• Organization management
• API access
• Network routes to Switchboard

• Endian Network account data for gateway registration (provisioning)

Device & Group Management

Support for:

• Gateways: Network devices connecting via VPN (OpenVPN required) and/or
• Endpoints: Any IP-enabled devices that can be (a) connected to a gateway or (b) directly connected to Switchboard via Connect Agent or Connect SDK

Gateways

• Automatic account creation for each gateway created
• User and user group permissions management (connect/manage)
• Gateway can be a part of unlimited number of device groups
• Assign to specific organization or sub-organization
• Manual device (gateway) creation or create via provisioning
• Assign endpoints which are connected to gateway
• Port forwarding to support redirecting field equipment communications to central site
• Exportable logs in CSV format

Endpoints

• Support single or millions of endpoints per gateway
• Support for using virtual or real IP addresses
• Support for endpoints without default gateway (SNAT)
• Assign application profile (group) per endpoint
• Exportable logs in CSV format

Provisioning

Support for:

• Plug & Connect: To remote deploy gateways over the Internet
• USB Stick: To remote deploy using USB stick in the gateway

Plug & Connect

• Allows any Internet-connected remote gateway or endpoint to automatically create secure connection to the Switchboard
• Supports automatic Endian Network registration
• Define remote Endian appliance passwords
• (Optional) Push network info to remote Endian appliances
• Supported by Endian hardware, software or virtual appliances
• Supported by Endian Connect Agent or Connect SDK

USB Stick

• Allows any Endian hardware appliance to receive basic networking info and automatically create secure connection to the Switchboard
• Supports automatic Endian Network registration
• Define remote Endian appliance passwords
• Define remote Endian WAN, LAN and DMZ networks
• Define port forwarding and Source NAT rules
• Define custom OpenVPN server IP, port and protocol
• Define OpenVPN tunnel over HTTP proxy

Application & Profile (Group) Management

• Support for defining access to any application
• For each application definition specify integrated vs external
• Integrated applications (RDP, VNC, SSH, Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS)
• Support for advanced options of integrated applications
• Custom applications for both Windows & Mac
• Support for any TCP, UDP, TCP+UDP application
• Support for profiles which are groups of applications
• Profiles can be assigned individually to each endpoint

Organization Management

• Support for parent and sub-organizations
• Define exclusive access option on gateway or endpoint level (or leave disabled) per organization
• Define max number of users per organization
• Define max number of gateways per organization
• Enable API access per organization
• Define Endian Network registration per organization
• Choose to add default application/profiles per organization

API Management

• Secure API using HTTPS and authentication
• Additional API token required for all requests
• Can be enabled globally or per-organization
• Superuser API for full read/write access
• User API for restricted access
• Activate or deactivate user/gateway connections
• Activate or deactivate user/endpoint connections

Switchboard Configuration

Support for:

• On-Premise: Run the Switchboard on any supported Endian appliance in your own infrastructure
• Cloud Hosted (by Endian): Switchboard server is provided by Endian and connect your own users, devices and/or endpoints

On-Premise

• Multi-tenancy option with support for sub-organizations
• Full control over OpenVPN server, modes and options
• OpenVPN fallback support through multi-server configuration
• Virtual IP support for simultaneous connections to endpoints with the same IP address
• Virtual IP pool(s) configurable globally or per organization
• Support for multiple authentication backends (Local, LDAP, Active Directory, and RADIUS)
• Integrated support for one-time passwords through TOTP (Time-based One-Time Password)
• Support for VPN connection health check (interval and timeout)

Cloud-Hosted

• Multi-tenancy option with support for sub-organizations
• OpenVPN fallback support available (TCP 443 & UDP 1194)
• Virtual IP support for simultaneous connections to endpoints with the same IP address
• Hosted in Amazon Cloud for performance and reliability

Client Applications

Support for:

• Connect App: VPN client software which offers full network access and support for integrated and external applications
• Connect Web: Web-based client that support only integrated applications and works on any platform (with HTML5 browser)

Connect App

• Native client available for Windows and Mac OSX
• Choose to run integrated applications (inside app) or external applications (launch external local apps)
• Manage users, devices, applications, organizations and settings from within the client
• App views restricted based on user permissions
• Option to start automatically on computer start-up
• Automatic reconnection on failure
• Support for connection through HTTP proxy (Basic/NTLM auth)
• Includes integrated automatic app updates
• Connection profile management for both Switchboard and OpenVPN connections
• Integrated log viewer with ability to export to file/clipboard

Connect Web

• Web-based client (requires HTML5 browser only)
• Supported on virtually any platform including Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, iOS, Android and more
• Integrated applications (RDP, VNC, SSH, Telnet, HTTP, HTTPS) run inside the browser and require nothing to be installed on client
• Manage users, devices, applications and organizations from within the client
• App views restricted based on user permissions