Sonicwall TZ100 and Ipad SSL VPN - does it work?

Sonicwall do not reply to questions, except via their forum and the
access to that is done using a product serial number

Their FAQ says
http://www.sonicwall.com/us/support/...yword=ipad+vpn

>Overview / Scenario:
>
>User will connect to the SonicWALL SSL-VPN portal from IPad and tries to launch bookmarks like RDP, VNC, fileshare, Citrix...etc, but will fail to connect. Generally, all MAC Desktops or Laptops use Java as they do not provision ActiveX component on their browsers. In this case of IPad, Apple does not support Java and hence we get an error while trying to access any of the services which is mentioned above. The access will be limited only to URL resources.
>
>Again, please do note that Apple DOES NOT provision Java on IPad and since there is no alternative, we will not be able to launch the above-mentioned services.
>
>Workaround/Resolution: Not Available as Apple does not support Java on IPad.

I do not understand what that means.

At the simplest, a VPN gives you (at the client) a network connection
(an IP).

Applications like RDP (I am interested only in RDP, or also
PC/Anywhere if the client is a windoze XP laptop) just connect to that
IP.

What does lack of Java got to do with that?

If one could not use RDP with the Ipad SSL VPN, what is the point of
products like this
http://www.mochasoft.dk/iphone_rdp.htm

Peter wrote:
> Sonicwall do not reply to questions, except via their forum and the
> access to that is done using a product serial number
>
> Their FAQ says
> http://www.sonicwall.com/us/support/...yword=ipad+vpn
>
>> Overview / Scenario:
>>
>> User will connect to the SonicWALL SSL-VPN portal from IPad and tries to launch bookmarks like RDP, VNC, fileshare, Citrix...etc, but will fail to connect. Generally, all MAC Desktops or Laptops use Java as they do not provision ActiveX component on their browsers. In this case of IPad, Apple does not support Java and hence we get an error while trying to access any of the services which is mentioned above. The access will be limited only to URL resources.
>>
>> Again, please do note that Apple DOES NOT provision Java on IPad and since there is no alternative, we will not be able to launch the above-mentioned services.
>>
>> Workaround/Resolution: Not Available as Apple does not support Java on IPad.
>
> I do not understand what that means.
>
> At the simplest, a VPN gives you (at the client) a network connection
> (an IP).
>
> Applications like RDP (I am interested only in RDP, or also
> PC/Anywhere if the client is a windoze XP laptop) just connect to that
> IP.
>
> What does lack of Java got to do with that?
>

It appears a java app is involved in the connecting process.

> If one could not use RDP with the Ipad SSL VPN, what is the point of
> products like this
> http://www.mochasoft.dk/iphone_rdp.htm