Vpn

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.

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.

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.

• Connect: When Tunnelblick launches
• Set DNS/WINS: Set nameserver
• OpenVPN version: default
• check monitor network settings

ADVANCED

The following items should have a check. If an item is not listed, it should remain unchecked.

Connecting & Disconnecting

• Check if the apparent public IP address changed after connecting
• Flush DNS cache after connecting or disconnecting
• Show configuration on tunnelblick menu
• Set DNS after routes are set instead of before routes are set

Fast User Switching

• disconnect when user switches out
• reconnect when user switches in

• load tun driver automatically
• load tap driver automatically

While Connected

• Route all IPv4 traffic through VPN

• Monitor network settings (all items default in dropdown menu)

VPN Credentials

• All configurations use Common credentials

Mac OSX Sierra Workaround

Per Todd Atkins from 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.)

If you have already upgraded to macOS Sierra before upgrading Tunnelblick, here is a potential workaround:

1. 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.
2. Go to https://tunnelblick.net/downloads.html, then download and install the stable version of Tunnelblick.
3. 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.

Tunnelblick should successfully load in the UCSB configuration and allow you to connect to the VPN server.