Faculty and Staff Instructions for connecting to the Hood College VPN to access your files on Blazer and/or your on-campus computer NOTE: These instructions were written for Windows XP. Also, please note that these instructions assume that you have an active connection to the internet. If at any point during setup you are asked to whether you want to dial a connection to the Internet before connecting via the VPN connection, please select No or disable the option. Quick steps: 1. Connect to the Hood College VPN server (144.175.3.21) 2. Connect to your files on Blazer by mapping a drive and/or connect to your on-campus computer using remote desktop 3. Disconnect in the reverse order. a. Close your remote desktop session (disconnect or logoff) b. Disconnect from the Hood VPN Detailed steps: 1. Setting up a VPN connection to Hood College 2. Connecting to the Hood College VPN server 3. (optional) Connecting to your files on Blazer; mapping a drive 4. (optional) Connecting to a remote desktop session 5. (optional) Running applications and accessing resources 6. Closing your connections to Hood College Step 1: Setting up a VPN connection to Hood College 1A. Open the Control Panel. To open the control panel, click Start then click Control Panel. 1B. Double click Network Connections, then click Create a new connection. 1C. On the Welcome window, click Next. 12/16/2009 page 1 of 6
1D. Select Connect to the network at my workplace. 1E. Select Virtual Private Network connection. Click Next. 1F. Type Hood VPN and click Next. 12/16/2009 page 2 of 6
1G. Type 144.175.3.21 then click Next. 1H. If you receive this screen, select Anyone s use, you may also have a choice of Share with all users of this computer. Click Next. 1I. Put a check mark in the box Add a shortcut to this connection to my desktop and click Finish. 1J. Click Cancel to close the Connect to Hood VPN box. Also close the Network connections window 12/16/2009 page 3 of 6
Step 2: Connecting to the Hood College VPN 2A. Double click the Hood VPN shortcut on your desktop (created in step 1) 2B. In the connection box that opens, type hood\ followed by your username. Enter your password. Click Connect. Step 3: Connecting to your files on Blazer by mapping a drive 2C. Once connected you will notice a Hood VPN icon in the task tray. The task tray is the area at the bottom right of the screen that contains the clock. You now have a secure, encrypted connection established to the Hood College network. 3A. Click Start then click Run then type \\Blazer.hood.edu then click ok 3B. In the window that appears, find your department folder. 3C. Right click this folder and select Map Network Drive 12/16/2009 page 4 of 6
3D. In the window that appears, select a drive letter for this new mapping, then click Finish. Another window will open to this newly mapped location. NOTE: You will now have a drive mapping (with the letter you chose) for this location in My Computer. This connection will persist even after you disconnect from the Hood VPN. This is ok. It just means the next time you connect to the Hood VPN, you will not need to repeat the drive mapping steps. NOTE: You will only be able to access your files on Blazer while you are connected to the Hood VPN. If you disconnect or are disconnected from the Hood VPN, your access to files on Blazer will also be interrupted. Step 4: Connecting to your on-campus computer using remote desktop NOTE: The computer you are attempting to connect to must support remote desktop and must be configured to allow remote connections for these steps to work properly. Please contact EUC if you are unsure about this step or get an error during these steps. 4A. Open the Remote Desktop Connection application. To do so click Start, select All Programs, select Accessories. Double click the Remote Desktop Connection icon. If you do not see it, select Communications, then double click the Remote Desktop Connection icon 4B. Type the IP address of your on-campus computer then click Connect. Please contact EUC if you don t know this information. 4C. A logon window will appear. Enter your username. Enter your password. Select to log on Hood. to 4D. You should now be connected to your oncampus computer. 12/16/2009 page 5 of 6
Step 5: Running Hood applications and accessing Hood resources You are now working inside a window that is a remote desktop session. This session acts as if you are sitting in front of your on-campus computer. From this session you can now run applications and access your P:\ drive and other network resources as if you were on campus. Step 6: Closing your remote desktop and VPN connections When you are finished performing your college related work, you should close your connections your Hood computer. Do this in the reverse order of the previous steps. 6A. Close your remote desktop session. To do so, (from within your remote desktop session window) click Start, click Shut down, select log off or disconnect). NOTE: You could also close the entire Remote Desktop window by clicking the red X in the top right corner of the window. Your Hood College connections are now closed. 6B. Close the Hood VPN connection. To do so, click, with the right mouse, on the Hood VPN icon in the task tray and select Disconnect. Note: If you position your mouse pointer over this icon without clicking, it will display the name of the connection. This might be necessary if you have multiple connections and need to determine which one is the Hood VPN connection. 12/16/2009 page 6 of 6