VPN MANUAL Mac OS X - University of Mississippi

VPN MANUAL – Mac OS X

Accessing your computer’s AirPort,

connect to the OleMiss wireless

network. Click “Join” to continue.

Open your internet browser. If you

have not already installed the Cisco

agent the network access logon

screen will appear. Enter your webID

and password and click continue.

If you have not already installed the

Clean Access Agent you will need to

install it. Click the “Launch NAC

Windows Agent” to continue. On

some computers it may ask that you

manually load the program. Go ahead

and do so.


The file to install will attempt to open.

Click “OK” if you agree to this file

being added to your computer.

The file will download and appear in

your downloads window. Once it has

completed downloading, double-click

the file to continue.

The file will appear as a package.

Double-click the package to start the

Cisco Clean Access Agent Installer.

The installer will open in a new

window and will guide you through

installation.


Read the information displayed. If you

agree to the statement click

“Continue” to move forward with

installation.

The installer will ask you to select the

installation location. Usually your

hard drive is the only place to install

the file. If there are multiple locations

make sure you select your computer’s

hard drive and click “Continue” to

move forward.

Click “Install” to progress with the

standard installation of the Clean

Access Agent.


Once installation is completed the

Agent should run automatically. Enter

your webID as your username and

your Ole Miss password to continue.

Open your system preferences and

select “Network” to continue.

In the network menu, click the plus (+)

sign to create a new network.


Select “VPN” from the Interface drop

down menu. Select “PPTP” as the

VPN Type. You may enter whatever

you like for Service Name (good

examples are SMBHC, Honors College

VPN, etc.). Click “Create” to continue.

Back in the network menu, select the

newly created network in the left

pane. Its configuration should appear

in the right, larger pane. For server

address enter “130.74.178.33”. In

account name you should enter your

webID preceded by “honors\” so that

it appears like this: honors\jdoe12.

Encryption should remain as

automatic. Click “Authentication

Settings” to continue.

In the User Authentication menu,

select Password and enter your

honors account password. Click “OK”

to continue. Click “Apply” in the

Network menu to continue.


In order to retrieve any documents

you have saved on your honors

college accounts you can go to your

desktop and click “Go” and “Connect

to Server” in the main bar at the top

of the screen. In the address bar type

in one of these commands:

smb://130.74.178.18/docs/username

to retrieve any documents in your

user folder.

smb://130.74.178.18/desktop/username

to retrieve what exists on your SMBHC

user desktop.

smb://130.74.178.18/users/username

to connect to all your folders.

NOTE: For the purposes of the

commands above, please enter your

own username where username is

mentioned.

To add a printer, open your system

preferences and click “Print & Fax” to

continue. In the Print & Fax menu

click the plus (+) sign to add a new

printer.


In the Add Printer menu click IP. In

the Protocol drop down menu select

“Line Printer Daemon – LPD” to move

forward. Enter the address (four

printers to choose from:

130.74.178.39; 130.74.178.40;

130.74.178.44; and 130.74.178.50).

The computer can autodetect the

printer drive and find the correct

driver. Click add to continue.

Note: 130.74.178.40 is located in

Room 107.

130.74.178.39 and 130.74.178.44 are

located in the computer lab.

130.74.178 is located in Room 315.

The system will ask you to select the

options available in the printer. For

130.74.178.39, the options are

checked in the screenshot to the left.

Once you select the options, click

continue to add the printer.

Follow the same procedure with the

remaining printers. However, if the

computer cannot autodetect the

printer driver you may have to

identify it. If the computer cannot

identify the software “Generic

PostScript Printer” will appear in the

Printing Using field. If this is the case,

in the drop down menu select “Select

Printer Software” and click add to

continue.


The computer will ask you to select

the printer software. For the

130.74.178.40; 130.74.178.44; and

130.74.178.50 select HP LaserJet

P4010 Series and click OK to continue.

The system will ask you to select the

options available in the printer. For

the 130.74.178.40; 130.74.178.44;

and 130.74.178.50 you will have to

select the options later. So just click

Continue to move forward.

Open your system preferences and

select “Print & Fax” to continue. Once

the Print & Fax menu opens double-

click the 130.74.178.40;

130.74.178.44; or 130.74.178.50

printer. Click Printer Setup to

continue.


Select Driver from the top tabs and

select the options you see listed in the

screen shot to the left for the

130.74.178.40 and 130.74.178.50. For

the 130.74.178.44 leave Tray 4 as “not

installed.”

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