Requirements

VPN connections are only available to UAA faculty and staff.

• You must be running Macintosh operating system version 10.2 or later.
• You must have at least 30MB of free hard disk space.
• You must request an account by contacting the UAA Call Center. Contact information is at the bottom of this document.

Overview

A VPN (virtual private network) connection allows you to securely connect to resources on the University of Alaska network via the Internet.

When you are using a VPN connection, it will appear to systems on campus that you are also on campus - you will have a UAA IP address in addition to the IP address assigned by your Internet Service Provider ( ex. GCI or ACS). This allows you to connect to resources that you would not be able to from home, and bypass any port blocking at the campus border router. 

Installing the VPN program

1. download the installer here
2. In the window which opens double-click on the "Cisco VPN Client.mpkg" file
3. follow the instructions to install the VPN client on your hard drive.
4. open the application named VPN Client on your hard drive.
5. click on the "New" icon.
6. for Connection Entry enter your name for this connection (i.e. UAA).
7. for Host enter 137.229.131.26
8. for Name enter your Group ID (Provided by the call center when you receive your account).
9. for Password enter the password provided by the call center.
10. confirm your password in the Confirm Password field.
11. click Save

Connecting through the VPN

To connect to the University network once the connection has been set up follow these steps.

1. Click on the connection you wish to use
2. Click on the Connect icon.
3. Enter your UAA username and password into the login box which appears.
4. If you would like to request a VPN account or have any questions about using the VPN service, contact:

UAA ITS Call Center
phone: (907) 786-4646 option 1
or 1-877-633-3888
fax: (907) 786-4813
e-mail: callcenter@uaa.alaska.edu