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SonicWALL SSL VPN 5.5 User Guide
Note Enabling this feature may cause connection delays while remote client’s printers and drives
are mapped. Make sure the domain controller and any machines in the logon script are
accessible via NetExtender routes.
Step 4 To enable the script that runs when NetExtender connects, select the Automatically execute
the batch file “NxConnect.bat” checkbox. Optionally, you may now also select to Hide the
console window. If this checkbox is not selected, the DOS console window will remain open
while the script runs.
Step 5 To enable the script that runs when NetExtender disconnects, select the Automatically
execute the batch file “NxDisconnect.bat” checkbox.
Step 6 Click Apply.
Configuring Batch File Commands
NetExtender Connection Scripts can support any valid batch file commands. For more
information on batch files, see the following Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.bat.
The following tasks provide an introduction to some commonly used batch file commands.
Step 1 To configure the script that runs when NetExtender connects, click the Edit “NxConnect.bat”
button. The NxConnect.bat file is displayed.
Step 2 To configure the script that runs when NetExtender disconnects, click the Edit
“NxDisconnect.bat” button. The NxConnect.bat file is displayed.
Step 3 By default, the NxConnect.bat file contains examples of commands that can be configured, but
no actual commands. Too add commands, scroll to the bottom of the file.
Step 4 To map a network drive, enter a command in the following format:
net use drive-letter\\server\share password /user:Domain\name
For example to if the drive letter is z, the server name is engineering, the share is docs, the
password is 1234, the user’s domain is eng and the username is admin, the command would
be the following:
net use z\\engineering\docs 1234 /user:eng\admin
Step 5 To disconnect a network drive, enter a command in the following format:
net use drive-letter: /delete
For example, to disconnect network drive z, enter the following command:
net use z: /delete
Step 6 To map a network printer, enter a command in the following format:
net use LPT1 \\ServerName\PrinterName /user:Domain\name
For example, if the server name is engineering, the printer name is color-print1, the domain
name is eng, and the username is admin, the command would be the following:
net use LPT1 \\engineering\color-print1 /user:eng\admin
Step 7 To disconnect a network printer, enter a command in the following format:
net use LPT1 /delete
Step 8 To launch an application enter a command in the following format:
C:\Path-to-Application\Application.exe