[plug] vpn to edith cowan uni

[Tomasz Grzegurzko]

On 2/16/07, Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:
>
> On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 10:08 +0900, Tomasz Grzegurzko wrote:
> > On 2/16/07, Gavin Chester <sales at ecosolutions.com.au> wrote:
>
> -snip-
>
> >          So, my question is, do any current or recent-past ECU
> >         students know if that will be an option for me now that I'm an
> >         exclusively linux household?  Do I get a package from IT at
> >         ECU, like
> >         before, or do I use gpl vpn solutions on my system?  (I don't
> >         have any
> >         experience with vpn, ssh, etc)
>
> >         _______________________________________________
> > If they're using M$ servers for their VPN, your solution lies in
> > "pptp" and it's associated GUI if you like <
> > http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/>. I've used this to get to M$ VPN
> > servers with no trouble at all; especially since newer kernels include
> > by default the authentication module needed (a bit like compression
> > modules already being there too..).
> >
> > This would be equivalent to using the "standard" dial up VPN mechanism
> > in Window$ clients, which is probably what they got your '98 box
> > doing.
> >
> > Tomasz
>
> Thanks, Tomasz.  I'll check that out and see from ECU's IT people what
> parameters are needed to connect to their servers.
>
> Gavin
>
>
More than likely: domain name, username, password and external IP to connect
to is all you'll need.

T
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