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== Web Proxy ==
If you're just looking to access library resources like subscription journals, you can make use of the library's [http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extproxy.html web-based proxy].
== SSH Tunnel ==
If you're looking for a quick and dirty way to obtain a VT IP, you can run a [http://dltj.org/article/ssh-as-socks-proxy/ SOCKS proxy with SSH] using a CVL (ECE) or rlogin (CS) shell account.
== How to connect to Virginia Tech's VPN ==
Connecting to the Internet through Virginia Tech's [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.
<ul><li> '''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 VPN. This is different from your normal VT PID password.
</li></ul>
=== Using Ubuntu or Debian ===
<ol><li> Install the [http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ Network Manager] applet if you do not already have it.
</li><li> Install the '''network-manager-pptp''' package for your distribution.
</li></ol>
From here you will need to configure the VPN somewhat differently
depending on your version of NetworkManager. To see your version of
NetworkManager, right click the NetworkManager applet on your upper
panel. The nm-applet looks like one of the following, depending on if
your connected:
<table border="1">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Not Connected </th><th> Connected
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Nm_not_connected.png" class="image" title="Image:nm_not_connected.png"><img alt="Image:nm_not_connected.png" src="VPN_files/Nm_not_connected.html" height="24" width="24" border="0"></a> </td><td> <a href="http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Nm_connected.png" class="image" title="Image:nm_connected.png"><img alt="Image:nm_connected.png" src="VPN_files/Nm_connected.html" height="22" width="22" border="0"></a>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
==== NetworkManager 0.6 (Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron) ====
<ol><li> Click the Network Manager applet in your panel.
</li><li> Under '''VPN Connections''', select '''Configure VPN...'''.
</li><li> Click the '''Add''' button.
</li><li> Click '''Forward'''.
</li><li> Click '''Forward''' again.
</li><li> In the '''Connection Name''' box, type <code>VT PPTP VPN</code>.
</li><li> In the '''Gateway''' box, type <code>pptp.cns.vt.edu</code>
</li><li> At the top, click the '''Authentication''' tab.
</li><li> Check the box labeled '''Refuse CHAP'''.
</li><li> Click '''Forward'''.
</li><li> Click '''Apply'''.
</li><li> Restart Network Manager with the following commands:
</li></ol>
<code></code><pre>sudo /etc/dbus-1/event.d/25NetworkManager restart
sudo /etc/dbus-1/event.d/26NetworkManagerDispatcher restart</pre>
==== NetworkManager 0.7 (Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex) ====
<ol><li> Click the NetworkManager applet → VPN Connections → Configure VPN
</li><li> Go to the VPN tab
</li><li> Click Add
</li><li> You will be asked to choos a VPN connection type. Select Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) and click Create
</li><li> Enter the following and click OK:
</li></ol>
<table align="center" border="1">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Connection name
</th><td>VT PPTP VPN (really, can be whatever you like)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>Gateway
</th><td>pptp.cns.vt.edu
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>User name
</th><td>''your PID''
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>Password
</th><td>''your VPN password''
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>NT Domain
</th><td>''(blank)''
</td></tr></tbody></table>
==== Connecting to the VPN ====
<ol><li> Click the Network Manager applet in your panel.
</li><li> Under '''VPN Connections''', select '''VT PPTP VPN'''
</li><li> Log in using your Remote Access ID.
</li></ol>
==== Ubuntu upgraders from 8.04 Hardy Heron to 8.10 ====
If you experience an error "unable to find valid VPN secrets", you
need to delete your saved password. Go to Applications → Passwords and
Encryption Keys, then go to the Passwords tab and delete the entry for
your VPN password (e.g., "VPN password secret for VT PPTP VPN..."). Now
left-click the NetworkManager applet icon, select the VT PPTP VPN, and
enter your VPN password.
If you're just looking to access library resources like subscription journals, you can make use of the library's [http://www.lib.vt.edu/help/extended/extproxy.html web-based proxy].
== SSH Tunnel ==
If you're looking for a quick and dirty way to obtain a VT IP, you can run a [http://dltj.org/article/ssh-as-socks-proxy/ SOCKS proxy with SSH] using a CVL (ECE) or rlogin (CS) shell account.
== How to connect to Virginia Tech's VPN ==
Connecting to the Internet through Virginia Tech's [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.
<ul><li> '''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 VPN. This is different from your normal VT PID password.
</li></ul>
=== Using Ubuntu or Debian ===
<ol><li> Install the [http://www.gnome.org/projects/NetworkManager/ Network Manager] applet if you do not already have it.
</li><li> Install the '''network-manager-pptp''' package for your distribution.
</li></ol>
From here you will need to configure the VPN somewhat differently
depending on your version of NetworkManager. To see your version of
NetworkManager, right click the NetworkManager applet on your upper
panel. The nm-applet looks like one of the following, depending on if
your connected:
<table border="1">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Not Connected </th><th> Connected
</th></tr>
<tr>
<td><a href="http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Nm_not_connected.png" class="image" title="Image:nm_not_connected.png"><img alt="Image:nm_not_connected.png" src="VPN_files/Nm_not_connected.html" height="24" width="24" border="0"></a> </td><td> <a href="http://www.vtluug.org/wiki/index.php?title=Image:Nm_connected.png" class="image" title="Image:nm_connected.png"><img alt="Image:nm_connected.png" src="VPN_files/Nm_connected.html" height="22" width="22" border="0"></a>
</td></tr></tbody></table>
==== NetworkManager 0.6 (Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron) ====
<ol><li> Click the Network Manager applet in your panel.
</li><li> Under '''VPN Connections''', select '''Configure VPN...'''.
</li><li> Click the '''Add''' button.
</li><li> Click '''Forward'''.
</li><li> Click '''Forward''' again.
</li><li> In the '''Connection Name''' box, type <code>VT PPTP VPN</code>.
</li><li> In the '''Gateway''' box, type <code>pptp.cns.vt.edu</code>
</li><li> At the top, click the '''Authentication''' tab.
</li><li> Check the box labeled '''Refuse CHAP'''.
</li><li> Click '''Forward'''.
</li><li> Click '''Apply'''.
</li><li> Restart Network Manager with the following commands:
</li></ol>
<code></code><pre>sudo /etc/dbus-1/event.d/25NetworkManager restart
sudo /etc/dbus-1/event.d/26NetworkManagerDispatcher restart</pre>
==== NetworkManager 0.7 (Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex) ====
<ol><li> Click the NetworkManager applet → VPN Connections → Configure VPN
</li><li> Go to the VPN tab
</li><li> Click Add
</li><li> You will be asked to choos a VPN connection type. Select Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol (PPTP) and click Create
</li><li> Enter the following and click OK:
</li></ol>
<table align="center" border="1">
<tbody><tr>
<th>Connection name
</th><td>VT PPTP VPN (really, can be whatever you like)
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>Gateway
</th><td>pptp.cns.vt.edu
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>User name
</th><td>''your PID''
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>Password
</th><td>''your VPN password''
</td></tr>
<tr>
<th>NT Domain
</th><td>''(blank)''
</td></tr></tbody></table>
==== Connecting to the VPN ====
<ol><li> Click the Network Manager applet in your panel.
</li><li> Under '''VPN Connections''', select '''VT PPTP VPN'''
</li><li> Log in using your Remote Access ID.
</li></ol>
==== Ubuntu upgraders from 8.04 Hardy Heron to 8.10 ====
If you experience an error "unable to find valid VPN secrets", you
need to delete your saved password. Go to Applications → Passwords and
Encryption Keys, then go to the Passwords tab and delete the entry for
your VPN password (e.g., "VPN password secret for VT PPTP VPN..."). Now
left-click the NetworkManager applet icon, select the VT PPTP VPN, and
enter your VPN password.
