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Valgoak_95688's avatar
Valgoak_95688
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Aug 13, 2014

Webtop will not launch when using the BIG-IP Client

When using the Big-IP client, I cannot get the webtop to launch. If I connect from a browser, the webtop will launch. I am using APM version 11.5.1.   Since browser support is going away & we are ...
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Hamish's avatar
Hamish
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Aug 14, 2014

OK...

 

From memory, I think thick-client includes the ability to auto-start apps. So set your thick client (In VPE) to autostart a browser with the URL for an APM that has a webtop configured on it...

 

I'm going to see if I can find time to look at this myself... FWIW there's alternatives to the NSAPI in Chrome (e.g. NaCl). It's just a matter of time really before someone chooses a path to follow to replace it...

 

Whether the sandbox allows the network access of course is another matter :) That could prove the sticking point... Although OS's like Mac OS X include VPN natively... PPTP or IPSec only... But LTM includes IPSec support nowadays (e.g. For Tunnels). So maybe that's an alternative...

 

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