iSchool Accounts & Services
How do I connect to the iSchool Virtual Private Network (VPN)?
You will need to connect to our VPN server if you would like to remotely connect to your iSchool check-out server or if your ISP actively blocks ports and you need to access your Faculty/Staff/PhD Exchange account and internal fileshares.
The hostname of our VPN server is vpn.ischool.washington.edu; you will need this information in order to setup the VPN connection. Please use your iSchool userid and password after the VPN connection is setup when you are prompted to login.
To set up a VPN connection in Windows Vista:
- From your start menu, select the "Connect to" option.
- Click "Set up a connection or network" at the bottom of the window.
- Select "Connect to a workplace", then "No, create a new connection"
- Select "Use my Internet connection (VPN)"
- In the Internet address field, enter "vpn.ischool.washington.edu", and in the name field enter "iSchool VPN". Check the box that says "Don't connect now; just set up so I can connect later"
- Enter your user name (UW NetID) and password. For your security, please do not check the save password option. Your domain is ISCHOOL. Then click create.
- To access your VPN connection, click your start button, go to "Connect to," and select your newly created VPN connection.
To set up the VPN connection in Windows XP:(The install will be very similar for Windows 2000 users.)
- Open the Network Connections control panel configuration tool
- Create a new connection
- Select "Connect to the Network at my workplace" then click NEXT
- Select "Virtual Private Network Connection (VPN)" then click NEXT
- When asked for the company name enter "iSchool VPN" and click NEXT
- If you are asked whether to automatically dial a new connection in the next window select the alternate option, which reads “Do not dial the initial connection”
- Enter vpn.ischool.washington.edu as the VPN server host name in the next window
- Select "Create this connection for My Use Only" and click NEXT
- Check on the option to create a shortcut on your desktop and click FINISH
How to Install VPN Services in Windows 98/ME
- Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Add/Remove Programs.
- Click the Windows Setup tab.
- Click Communications, click Details, click to select the Virtual Private Networking check box, and then click OK.
- Click OK, and then click Yes to restart your computer.
- How to Create a VPN Connection in Windows 98/ME
- After you have installed VPN, make a new connection in Dial-Up Networking.
- To create a VPN connection in Windows Millennium Edition:
- Click Start, point to Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Dial-Up Networking.
- Double-click Make New Connection.
- In the Type a name for the computer you are dialing box, type the name that you want to use for the connection.
- In the Select a device box, choose Microsoft VPN Adapter, and then click Next.
- In the Host name or IP Address box, type the name of the server or the IP address.
- Click Next, and then click Finish.
To create a VPN connection in Windows 98:
- Double Click My Computer and then double-click on Dial-Up Networking
- Double-click Make New Connection.
- In the Type a name for the computer you are dialing box, type the name that you want to use for the connection.
- In the Select a device box, choose Microsoft VPN Adapter, and then click Next.
- In the Host name or IP Address box, type the name of the server or the IP address.
- Click Next, and then click Finish.
To setup the VPN connection in Mac OS X do the following:
- Open the System Preferences from the apple menu. Select network.
- Click the "+" in the lower, left-hand corner to add a new connection.
- Select "VPN" as the interface and "PPTP" as the VPN type. You can give it a name of your choice, and then click create.
- Provide vpn.ischool.washington.edu as the server address and your iSchool username as the account name.
- You may now click connect and enter in your iSchool password to start the VPN connection. The connection will be remembered for future use.
At this point you have successfully setup your VPN connection. To use the VPN connection to access the-iSchool network, first connect to the Internet, once you are on the network start the VPN connection you created above and login with your iSchool userid and password.
Last update: 2008-09-18 13:42
Author: Joshua Ayson
Revision: 1.4
