Connecting Sametime Mobile to the Sametime Community Server
There are the following three methods for connecting mobile devices to the Sametime Community Server:
Virtual Private Network (VPN)
Direct connection to the Community Server
Authenticating through a HTTP Proxy
An example of a VPN type connection would be through a connection using IBM Lotus Mobile Connect. Mobile Connect is available for download from IBM Passport Advantage. These types of connections provide for an extra level of point-to-point security. Sametime Mobile is still installed in the same manner, but interaction with the Community Server requires the VPN connection first. An example of a proxy connection would be using Blackberry Mobile Data Services, which creates an encrypted local proxy connection to the Sametime server.
Sametime Mobile users can connect to the Community Server directly using the STLinks protocols. STLinks allows Sametime Mobile clients to connect to the Community Server over port 8082 by default...
