Thu 8 Sep 2005
a VPN (Virtual Private Network) is available at UCSD for off campus users to make use of UCSD services through use of an encrypted tunnel
(see http://www-no.ucsd.edu/documentation/vpn/)
It enables
-UCSD privileged library work
-remote disk mounts (ie to iocean)
-running remote applications, ie run matlab
Lessons learned recently about using VPN
-cannot make use of vpn if wired at UCSD, ie go wireless to test
-as a first line of action if have vpn errors or vpn is nonfunctioning,
open a browser window to force re authentication
-if you upgrade tiger, you need to upgrade VPN (ie to vpn4.7 aug05)
Download and documentation
-download and configure VPN client to your mac from
http://www-ono.ucsd.edu/documentation/vpn/mac/47/index.html
-where general ucsd acs network documentation is at
http://www-no.ucsd.edu/documentation/index.html
Related settings:
-home: cable modum router assigns IP address
-mac: apple: preferences: network; tab: build-in ethernet; tcip: using dhcp
4 Responses to “VPN: lessons learned for remote services”
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September 8th, 2005 at 9:47 am
Shaun,
Thanks for the post. I promise to start using the blog…soon
September 8th, 2005 at 10:18 am
Jerry,
Actually this was Karen’s post.
September 8th, 2005 at 11:03 am
Whoops, I mistook the link and thought that Shaun had submitted the entry. Sorry about that. How easy is it to edit comments and posts?
September 8th, 2005 at 11:29 am
It’s really easy.. You should be able to edit the comment, but perhaps this is telling of something else: It’s not really obvious who the poster is since the name is tucked away underneath the title. This may be something to consider if we want to be able to more easily distinguish posts by author.