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Installing and Configuring the VPN Client
The following steps will guide you through the brief process of
installing the Cisco VPN client for Mac OS 10.4 -10.5.
Double-click on the downloaded file to mount the image, if
it's not already mounted.
Double-click the icon
CiscoVPNClient.
Double-click on the file labeled Cisco VPN
Client.mpkg.
Click
on Continue.
Read the system requirements
and click on Continue.
Read the license agreement and click on
Continue.
Click on Agree.
The installer will automatically select the drive where
the Cisco VPN Client will be installed. Click
the Install button.
The installer will now ask you for your computer
password. This is your Administrator password. Type the
password and click
OK to begin the installation.
When the installer finishes, click on
Close to quit the
installer.
Using the Client
Use the VPN client whenever you need to access University of Maryland at College Park UMCP Internet resources
or (if
you use the UMCP wireless network) when you want to encrypt your
Internet
communications.
Connect to your Internet Service Provider (ISP).
Open the VPNClient by going to your
Applications
folder. The icon will look like the image below:
The Cisco Systems VPN Client window will appear. In the
Connection Entries tab, you will have 3 choices:
UMD: choose this option
if you need to access
Internet resources and websites ending in ".umd.edu" and
you DO
NOT need to access the UM libraries
databases.
UMD-Wireless: choose this
option if you need to
access the UM libraries
databases OR if your computer is connected to the
campus
wireless network and you are using the VPN client as a
wireless
security measure.
UMapps: choose this option if you need to access
the UMDMVS
mainframe.
Double-click on the connection entry you want to use.
You
will be prompted to type in a Username and Password. Type
in your Directory ID
and password. See
http://www.directory.umd.edu to
find your Directory ID and password. Click OK.
The VPN client will establish the connection. To make sure
you are connected, look at the status at the bottom of the VPN
Client window.
When you are done with the VPN client, click on the
Connection
Entries tab and click on
Disconnect.
(Note: While this will not disconnect you from the Internet,
it will
turn off the VPN client and may close certain Internet programs
like terminal sessions.)
The first time you use the client, you should confirm that it is
working
properly by activating the VPN client and then visiting the following
web
page:
http://www.helpdesk.umd.edu/cgi-bin/checkip.pl
If the VPN client is working properly, this web page will tell you
that your
are using an IP address in the format 128.8.xxx.xxx (where "xxx" is
any number).
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