Connecting to the Internet through Virginia Tech's #REDIRECT [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_network Virtual Private Network] (VPN) is the only officially advertised and supported method of accessing certain resources such as [http://network.software.vt.edu/ VT Network Software] from off-campus. Alternatively, you can use SSH tunnels or [[proxies]] to obtain a Virginia Tech IP address. '''Important:''' You must first create a [http://computing.vt.edu/accounts_and_access/remote_access_id/ Remote Access ID] to be able to log into the Proxies_and_VPN#VPN. This is different from your normal VT PID password <!-- The rest of this page uses a template from the Uniluug project; please see https://uniluug.org/wiki/Template:PPTP_VPN if you wish to edit it. -->{{raw:u:PPTP VPN|peername=VirginiaTech|host=pptp.cns.vt.edu}} [[Category:Howtos]] [[Category:Campus computing resources]]