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→‎How to connect to Virginia Tech's VPN
If you're looking for a quick and dirty way to obtain a VT IP, you can run a [[Secure Shell#Tunneling|secure shell socks proxy]] 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 {{raw:u:PPTP VPN|peername=VirginiaTech|host=pptp.cns.vt.edu}}</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.
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