Not to be confused with Checkpoint Mobile- this only allows published applications.

Checkpoint Mobile VPN on tablets works, IP network connectivity is present.

Once you log into the portal, there is no “Connect” button to allow you proper network access.

No SNX window opens when you https to your gateway’s IP – you get the Mobile Portal only.

SNX appeared to no longer exist but at least the executives were happy as they could access OWA on their mobile devices. The MAB now intercepted all traffic and everything terminated on it. Then executives jumped on the iPad / tablet bandwagon and the Mobile Access Blade was born. You browsed to the external IP, were presented with a popup window, entered your credentials and had good old network connectivity tunnelled over SSL.

Ubuntu 12.Before MAB came along, SNX terminated on the IPSEC VPN blade and life was good. sk65210 - SSL Network Extender E75 - specific information about SNX + more detailed information about JRE and library requirements on various Linux distributions.

sk67820 - Check Point Remote Access Solutions - information about all the Check Point VPN clients including supported client operating systems.See Mobile Access R77 Versions Administration Guide. Also the gateway must be configured appropriately. To be able to use SNX with the gateway there must be the correct license there (Mobile Access Blade). Later gateway versions (R75.30 till the current R77.30) contain the up-to-date version of SNX available at the time of the gateway release but I think that SNX was not substantially updated during these gateway releases. Till the gateway version R75.20 there is an SNX update hotfix available on Check Point downloads with links in sk65210 - SSL Network Extender E75. This means that the primary place from which is SNX distributed to client machines is the Check Point VPN gateway. Then, after your agreement SNX is downloaded and installed using a Java Applet. You first authenticate to the VPN gateway using a normal web form. SNX as a classical SSL VPN client is a thin client which is supposed to be installed over a session when you first connect from your web browser to the VPN gateway. Short answer: A standalone SSL Network Extender (SNX) installer is not available from the official Check Point downloads.

Checkpoint mobile access blade