SHRS VPN Connection Using Junos Pulse Secure

Table of Contents Step 1: Installing Junos Pulse Secure ............................................................................................................ 2

Step 2: Connecting to the VPN...................................................................................................................... 5

Step 3: Mapping the Network Drives ............................................................................................................ 8

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November 1, 2016

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Step 1: Installing Junos Pulse Secure 1. Go to http://software.pitt.edu and login with your Pitt credentials

2. Click on “Software Download Service Login”

3. Where it says “Choose Vendor”, select “Pulse Secure (formerly Juniper)”

4. Click on the appropriate version of “Pulse VPN Desktop Client”

- This is most likely “5.1R1.1 Windows 64-bit”

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5. Click the “Download All Files” button

6. If this is the first piece of software you have downloaded to the machine, you will be

prompted to install the Pitt Software Download Service Interface. Click on the download

link.

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7. Once you have the Pitt Software Download Service installed, you will be prompted to save

the Junos Pulse Secure installer. You can save it anywhere you want.

8. Once the file is down downloading, there will be a link that says “Open The Pitt Download”.

Click on it.

9. Click on the Open button in the dialog window that appears.

10. The installer should appear. Follows the screens to install Junos Pulse Secure

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Step 2: Connecting to the VPN 1. Open Pulse Secure (Start -> All Programs -> Pulse Secure -> Pulse Secure)

2. If this is your first time using Pulse Secure, you will need to add the connection information

i) Click on the + button

ii) Give the connection a name such as “SHRS” and set the server URL to

sremote.pitt.edu

iii) Click the Add button

3. Click on the Connect button for the VPN connection

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4. If you haven’t connected before, you will be prompted to select a Realm. Select “Network

Connect” and check the “Save settings” checkbox

5. Click on the Connect button

6. If you are prompted to enter your user name and password, type them in and press

“Connect”. Optionally, you can select the “Save settings” button to store the credentials

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7. If you are prompted to select a Role, select “Firewall-SHRS-RS39-NetworkConnect” and

check the “Save settings” checkbox. Then press the “Connect” button.

8. When you are done using the VPN, press the “Disconnect” button.

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Step 3: Mapping the Network Drives 1. Go to START->CONTROL PANEL->FOLDER OPTIONS->VIEW. Make sure the hide file

extensions for known file types option is unchecked.

2. Right Click on the desktop and select new->text document. When is shows up, call it

SHRS_VPN_DriveMappings.bat (note: there should not be a .txt extension on the end)

3. Right click the file that you just created and click edit. Then copy and paste in the following

text:

**START COPY NEXT LINE **

@Echo Off

:loop

set /p user="User Name (in format of PITT\<user>): "

if /I not "%user:~0,5%"=="PITT\" goto loop

set justuser=%user:PITT\=%

net use /delete I: 2> NUL

net use /delete L: 2> NUL

net use /delete N: 2> NUL

net use /delete R: 2> NUL

net use /delete S: 2> NUL

net use /delete U: 2> NUL

net use I: \\shrs-users1.shrs.pitt.edu\itworks /user:%user% *

net use L: \\shrs-users1.shrs.pitt.edu\Labs /user:%user%

net use N: \\shrs-users1.shrs.pitt.edu\clinics /user:%user%

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net use R: \\shrs-users1.shrs.pitt.edu\centers /user:%user%

net use S: \\shrs-users1.shrs.pitt.edu\departments /user:%user%

if exist \\shrs-users1.shrs.pitt.edu\Users\%justuser% (

net use U: \\shrs-users1.shrs.pitt.edu\Users\%justuser% /user:%user%

)

**END COPY PREVIOUS LINE **

4. You should end up with something that looks like the following.

5. Save the file and close it.

6. Double click on the file you just created. It should open a dos window and prompts you for

authentication:

- Log in the following way:

o Username: PITT\YourPittUsername

o Password: YourPittPassword

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7. Once you have typed this information and hit the enter key, the script will continue to run

and map your shared network drives. You can then double click on my computer to view

and access the mapped drives

8. Additionally, open the same file within notepad.

9. Replace the contents with

**START COPY PREVIOUS LINE **

@Echo Off

net use /delete I:

net use /delete L:

net use /delete N:

net use /delete R:

net use /delete S:

net use /delete U:

**END COPY PREVIOUS LINE **

10. It should look like:

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11. Save the file as SHRS_VPN_LOGOFF.bat

12. Run this after you are done using VPN. This will resolve any performance issues that would

result from the computer still trying to connect to the drives after the VPN is disconnected