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Internet-Only Room Connectivity User Guide

The purpose of this article is to describe the network connectivity provided by an Internet-Only Room.

Overview

An Internet-Only Room is a short way of referring to a Tehama Room that has network access type "Internet-Only".

Find out what your Room's network access type is from the Room's connection page. See section View a Room's network access setting in Room/Desktop Connectivity - Types, Status and Settings for details.

The Internet-Only network access type securely connects the Room to the internet, to applications and services in the cloud (constrained by your Room's firewall settings). Internet-Only Rooms are not capable of accessing resources in private networks.

Network access types

Internet-Only is one of Tehama's three network access options, the others being Tehama Gateway, and Multi-Path.

A Tehama Gateway Room requires a Gateway to be connected and can only be connected to one private network.

An Internet-Only Room does not need a Gateway, but does not allow any access to private networks.

Multi-Path does not require a Gateway, and provides both internet access and the option to add connections to multiple private networks.

An Internet-Only Room is one of the ways Tehama has of providing access to your Room. It provides only internet access in a Room. It does not require any additional setup after the Room has built, aside from the configuration of the Room's firewall rules.

Construct an Internet-Only Room:

First ensure that you are able to meet the requirements for a Multi-Path Room:

Then:

Here are the actions you can perform within an Internet-Only Room:

Internet-Only Room Requirements and Limitations

Requirements:

  • You must have a Tehama organization.

  • The applications and resources in the cloud/internet that you wish to access must allow communication with your Tehama Room.

Limitations:

  • An Internet-Only Room cannot connect to private networks.

  • Currently, the Internet-Only network access type is only available in Standard Rooms. If you need a Domain Join Room, you cannot use the Internet-Only network access type.

Construct an Internet-Only Room

The Org Admin user and the Org Managers of an organization can create a Room. Check the description of your custom role, to see if you can perform this action.

STEP ONE

First go over the requirements and limitations for Internet-Only Rooms:

STEP TWO

Create a new Standard Room and select the network access type 'Internet-Only' during the Room creation process.

Or, repurpose an existing Tehama Gateway Room, by changing its network access to 'Internet-Only', and so convert the Room to be an Internet-Only Room.

STEP THREE

Be sure to finish building your Room's infrastructure, if you opted to delay doing so during the Room creation process.

STEP FOUR

Configure your Room's firewall rules to allow access to the resources and applications you want to be available to your Room's Desktops.

Build an Internet Only Room's Infrastructure

Only the Org Admin user or Org Managers and Room Managers (who are members of the Room) of a Room's connected organization (owner+connected or connected-only) can trigger the build of the Room when its network access is set to 'Internet Only'. Check the description of your custom role, to see if you can perform this action.

This option is only available if your Room has 'Network Access' set to 'Internet Only' and the building of your Room's infrastructure has yet to be triggered. That is, when creating the Room, you opted to delay the building of the Room's infrastructure to a later time.

You will incur the cost of the Room when the Room's infrastructure begins to build.

Build your 'Internet Only' Room as follows:

  1. Log in to the Tehama Web UI.
  2. Click on the ROOMS tab.
  3. Click on the name of the Room you want to access. You will see the Room's interface. The tabs you will see depends on the role you have within your organization.
  4. Click on the CONNECTION tab.
  5. Click on the STATUS sidebar item.
  6. Look for the BUILD button at the bottom of the page.
  7. If you are willing to accept responsibility for the cost of the Room, click the BUILD button to proceed.

View an Internet-Only Room's status

The Org Admin user, the Org Managers and all Room members from any of the organizations in a Room can see the Room's status. Check the description of your custom role, to see if you can see the Room's status.

NOTE: The Status column in the Rooms list under the ROOMS tab will show a more generic status for each Room - Healthy, Unhealthy, Pending, Impaired, Updating or Archived. The status described here that is found on the Room's status page provides more details.

View your Internet-Only Room's status on its status page as follows:

  1. Log in to the Tehama Web UI.
  2. Click on the ROOMS tab.
  3. Click on the name of the Room you want to access. You will see the Room's interface. The tabs you will see depends on the role you have within your organization.
  4. Click on the CONNECTION tab.
  5. Click on the STATUS sidebar item.
  6. Look at the top of the page. The Room's connection status is displayed in a status box found at the top of the page.

Status values for Internet-Only Rooms:

Internet-Only Rooms only display a status box on the Room's status page while the Room is building and after the Room is built.

You may have delayed the building of the Room during the creation process - if so, click the BUILD button to trigger the building of the Room. You will incur the cost of the Room when the Room's infrastructure begins to build.

Your Room status will be one of the following:

  • Creating Room, while the Room is building.
  • Built, after the Room has completed building successfully.
  • Updating Room, if the Room's infrastructure is being updated.
  • Failed to Create Room, if the Room's infrastructure failed to build successfully.

 

View an Internet-Only Room's router IPs

The Org Admin user, the Org Managers and all Room members from any of the organizations in an Internet-Only Room can see the Room's router IPs. Check the description of your custom role, to see if you can see the Room's router IPs.

Internet-Only Rooms have two routers that support connectivity in the Room. The router IPs are the IP addresses of these routers.

View the details for your Internet-Only Room's router IPs as follows:

  1. Log in to the Tehama Web UI.
  2. Click on the ROOMS tab.
  3. Click on the name of the Room you want to access. You will see the Room's interface. The tabs you will see depends on the role you have within your organization.
  4. Click on the CONNECTION tab.
  5. Click on the STATUS sidebar item.
  6. Look for the following field below the status box: IPs

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