USING snow LEOPARD'S cisco VPN CLIENT
Open System Preferences
Choose Network
Click the + sign in the left column to add a new network adapter
Select VPN as interface.
Select Cisco IPSec as VPN Type.
Enter the appropriate Service Name (e.g. BU on campus or BU off campus).
Click Create.
Enter the Server Address of the desired VPN server (e.g. vpn-oncampus.bu.edu or vpn-offcampus.bu.edu).
Fill in your BU login name in the Account Name field.
Leave the password blank so that the connection prompts for your Kerberos password once you connect.
To show the VPN status in the menu bar and enable you to start the connection at any time check the box in the left lower corner.
Click Authentication Settings… next.
The Shared Secret and the Group Name are both BostonU.
Click OK.
The VPN icon
shows in the menu bar. A drop down menu lists all VPN connections that you have set up and allows you to start or stop the connection. After initiating the connection you will be prompted for your Kerberos password. The time of the duration of the connection is shown next to the icon.
- Information Technology
- PCSC
- September 2, 2009
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