CATO VPN How To
I. Activate Your Cato Account
1. You will receive an email from CATO Networks with the subject [Action Required] Activate your network access. Open the email and click the activation link to get started.
2. On the activation page it should already have the Account name as legal_access_plans and your email address as the username. Enter in a password of your choosing and click the Save button.
II. Multi-Factor Authentication
2. If this is your first-time logging into the Cato site, you should be directed to a page to Secure your account. Click the Continue button on the Cato site.
3. On the Google Authenticator app (on your phone) click the + icon, then Scan a QR code option. It will ask for access to your phone’s camera, click OK, then scan the QR Code on the CATO website. After it’s set up on your phone, click the Continue button (DO NOT FORGET TO CLICK CONTINUE!) on the Cato site.
You must use the Google Authenticator app to scan the QR, using just your phone camera will not work.
4. Click the OK button to save your configuration.
III. Install the CATO VPN (Windows)
1. On your home computer/or work laptop, click the 1. DOWNLOAD SDP CLIENT button.
2. Open the downloaded file (setup.exe on Windows computers) and install the program with the default options. Click Yes when you see the User Account Control warning.
3. You should now have the Cato VPN Client installed on your computer. To begin using it, open it from your Desktop/Start Menu/Apps folder. Click the power button (under the word Disconnected) to connect to the VPN.
4. When logging into CATO for the first time on a new computer you’ll be asked for your email address. If you were hired prior to December of 2022, use the old @legalaccessplans.com email.
5. If you get directed to a page asking for your Subdomain, you used the wrong email address. Please close CATO and start over by using the other email address.
6. If you entered the correct email address, you’ll be asked for your User Name and Password. The username is your email address again, and the password is the one you chose when you first set up CATO. If you don’t remember it, please click the Forgot password link.
7. Next, you’ll be asked for the MFA Authentication, which you get from the Google Authenticator App on your phone.
8. You should see a page confirming that You have been authenticated successfully and the CATO app should show as Connected.
9. When you are done for the day, go back to the Cato VPN Client and click the power button to disconnect.
