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title: About Network Connectors
canonical: https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/networks/networks---connectors/about-network-connectors/
product: CloudConnexa Docs
description: Private networks use Network Connectors to interface with CloudConnexa so that services and applications reachable by that network can be accessed. Connectors establish a connection to CloudConnexa that is meant to stay always ON.
keywords: Network Connector
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# About Network Connectors

A Network Connector connects a private network to CloudConnexa. Since it connects two networks (i.e., the CloudConnexa WPC and your private network), it must act as a router. The Connector's OpenVPN connection profile can be used with an OpenVPN-compatible hardware router or installed on a general-purpose computing device or virtual machine configured to act as a software router.

A Network Connector is an unattended Client application that is always connected to CloudConnexa for the purpose of:

- Providing inbound access from the CloudConnexa WPC to the private network based on the private and public applications, routes, and IP Services configured as being reachable from that private network.
- If the private network is [configured to act as an Internet Gateway](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/networks/networks---networks/make-a-network-act-as-an-internet-gateway.md), providing inbound access to Internet traffic from the WPC to the private network
- Providing outbound access to devices on the private network to WPC

A Network Connector can use IPsec and OpenVPN protocols.

## Connector Deployment Guides

[About Connectors](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/get-started/about-cloudconnexa/cloudconnexa-connectors.md)

[About Connectors](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/get-started/about-cloudconnexa/cloudconnexa-connectors.md)

## Related Documents

- [About Connectors](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/get-started/about-cloudconnexa/cloudconnexa-connectors.md)
- [About Hosts](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/hosts/hosts---hosts/about-hosts.md)
- [About Networks](https://openvpn.net/cloud-docs/owner/networks/networks---networks/about-networks.md)

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