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| − | If you are off campus and need to access campus resources, such as CHG servers, you will need to use the VPN to obtain a campus IP in order to have access to those resources. | + | If you are off campus and need to access campus resources, such as CHG servers, you will need to use the VPN to obtain a campus IP in order to have access to those resources. Effective March 6th, 2017, UCSB switched to a new VPN service (Pulse Secure Connect) and the Tunnelblick and OpenVPN clients are now deprecated. |
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*Once downloaded, install per the instructions provided for your OS by [http://www.ets.ucsb.edu/services/campus-vpn/get-connected ETS]. | *Once downloaded, install per the instructions provided for your OS by [http://www.ets.ucsb.edu/services/campus-vpn/get-connected ETS]. | ||
| + | ==Notes=== | ||
| + | *Per [http://www.ets.ucsb.edu/ ETS]: "(Former OpenVPN/Tunnelblick users - [https://ucsb.box.com/v/vpn-openvpn you may uninstall/delete the OpenVPN/Tunnelblick software] from your computer, but it is not ''required'' for successful installation of the Pulse Secure client. The software can co-exist "peacefully" - although you will not be able to connect to the campus OpenVPN server after March 6, 2017.)" | ||
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===Mac OSX Yosemite Installation Notes=== | ===Mac OSX Yosemite Installation Notes=== | ||
Some may experience difficulty connecting to the VPN with Yosemite. Below is a configuration known to work with 10.10.3. If a setting is not mentioned, keep the setting at default. | Some may experience difficulty connecting to the VPN with Yosemite. Below is a configuration known to work with 10.10.3. If a setting is not mentioned, keep the setting at default. | ||
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*'''Set DNS/WINS:''' Set nameserver | *'''Set DNS/WINS:''' Set nameserver | ||
*'''OpenVPN version:''' default | *'''OpenVPN version:''' default | ||
| − | *check monitor network settings | + | *check monitor network settings --> |
<!-- *check keep connected OPTION NO LONGER AVAILABLE --> | <!-- *check keep connected OPTION NO LONGER AVAILABLE --> | ||
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====ADVANCED==== | ====ADVANCED==== | ||
The following items should have a check. If an item is not listed, it should remain unchecked. | The following items should have a check. If an item is not listed, it should remain unchecked. | ||
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=====VPN Credentials===== | =====VPN Credentials===== | ||
*All configurations use Common credentials | *All configurations use Common credentials | ||
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| + | ===Mac OSX Sierra Workaround=== | ||
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| + | Per Todd Atkins from [https://www.ets.ucsb.edu ETS]: "Old versions of Tunnelblick (the OpenVPN VPN client) will not update to later versions when running on macOS Sierra – updates will always fail. Please update to the latest stable or beta version of Tunnelblick before upgrading to Sierra. You do not need to uninstall Tunnelblick (if you do, you will lose your configurations and settings.) | ||
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| + | If you have already upgraded to macOS Sierra before upgrading Tunnelblick, here is a potential workaround: | ||
| + | # Go to https://ftp.ucsb.edu/private/secured/vpn/ovpn/linux and download all three files. A '.txt' extension might be added to the files, so locate the files and remove that extension. | ||
| + | # Go to https://tunnelblick.net/downloads.html, then download and install the stable version of Tunnelblick. | ||
| + | # Once it is installed and running, it will ask if you have a configuration file. Tell it yes, then drag the ucsb-vpn.ovpn file and drop it onto the Tunnelblick icon in the menu bar. | ||
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| + | Tunnelblick should successfully load in the UCSB configuration and allow you to connect to the VPN server. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:27, 28 February 2017
If you are off campus and need to access campus resources, such as CHG servers, you will need to use the VPN to obtain a campus IP in order to have access to those resources. Effective March 6th, 2017, UCSB switched to a new VPN service (Pulse Secure Connect) and the Tunnelblick and OpenVPN clients are now deprecated.
Contents
Getting Started
- The Campus VPN software can be obtain here.
- Choose the appropriate VPN software from the list based on your operating system.
- You will need to enter your UCSB NetID username and password in order to download the software.
- Once downloaded, install per the instructions provided for your OS by ETS.
Notes=
- Per ETS: "(Former OpenVPN/Tunnelblick users - you may uninstall/delete the OpenVPN/Tunnelblick software from your computer, but it is not required for successful installation of the Pulse Secure client. The software can co-exist "peacefully" - although you will not be able to connect to the campus OpenVPN server after March 6, 2017.)"
