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SolarWinds IT Management Glossary

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What is a Virtual Private Network

Virtual Private Network, or VPN, is technology that uses publicly-accessible networks, such as the internet, to create a private network. A Virtual Private Network can use a variety of techniques to prevent unauthorized users from accessing data transmitted across a network. A business might use a Virtual Private Network to allow users outside the business’s firewall to access network resources inside the firewall.

SolarWinds FREE Tools Related to Virtual Private Network

Network Device Monitor

Monitor the real-time performance and health of a single device on your network with a cool desktop dashboard. Get started immediately with "out-of-the-box" monitors for Juniper® devices, Cisco ASA appliances, HP Procurve equipment, Cisco switches, and more.

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SolarWinds Products Related to Virtual Private Network

Orion NPM v9.5.1 - Evaluation

Orion Network Performance Monitor (NPM) enables you to quickly detect, diagnose, and resolve network performance problems and outages—before you start getting calls asking if the network is down. And Orion NPM is the easiest product of its kind to deploy, use, and maintain. That means you can spend your time actually managing your network, not supporting your network management software. Learn More »