Most VPN client software is either provided by the VPN vendor or integrated in the operating system (OS). For example, Microsoft's Windows operating system has built in support for the PPTP, IPsec, and L2TP VPN protocols. IPsec is an industry-wide standard suite of protocols and algorithms that allows for secure data transmission over an IP-based network and it functions on the Network Layer of the OSI model.

You can use the PPTP VPN client that is built into Windows. For details on how to configure this. Click here. Providing the third party appliance supports IPSec VPN there shouldn't be any problems. If you need to know for sure, please contact us.

VPN may be used via a number of home routers (such as Linksys, Netgear and Apple Airport Base Station [except the Graphite model]). While other devices may work with VPN, these are the only brands we know have been tested.

Yes. To set up multiple computers to connect through your broadband provider from off-campus requires a router. However, some routers are incompatible with our VPN software. The current version of Cisco's VPN software available from this web site supports Apple's Airport Basestation and Basestation Extreme. Please contact your computer support liaison at Haverford for additional information and suggestions.

Yes, CIS Wireless Broadband fully supports VPN access. Please check with your company's network security person to confirm your configuration and to complete your set up. CIS Wireless Broadband is committed to getting you up and running as soon as your order is placed. Typical installations are completed within 1 week after your initial inquiry.

Yes. If you have more than one computer in a home or small-office network, you should protect every computer in the network. Turning on Windows Firewall or another firewall on every connection will help prevent the spread of a virus from one computer to another in your network if one of your computers becomes infected. However, if you open an infected e-mail attachment, the firewall won't block it and it can infect your computer. You should install an antivirus program as well.

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Yes, you can use IPSec VPN application to connect to your office Intranet. You have to login NETVIGATOR Wireless Broadband before making your VPN connection. However, if you assigned a fixed IP address to your wireless LAN card, you may fail to connect to your VPN. It is recommended not to use fixed IP address if you want to make VPN connections. Please refer to the user guide on how to configure your wireless LAN card to obtain IP addresses from remote server.

If you install the CSG behind the VPN server, this will force a scan of all traffic from the other office.

Anti-virus software is vital software for any PC. This software protects your computer from malicious files (computer viruses, worm files) that attempt to load themselves on to your machine and carry out commands, damage data, reproduce themselves, and infect other machines. Anti-virus software should be regularly updated and set to work actively, preventing computer infections by these malicious programs.

Personal Firewall software is important software for any home computer user who has a broadband (cable modem or DSL) connection. These types of connections are set to be connected to the Internet always, just like a networked computer at the office. Therefore, your computer is regularly accessible from the Internet. A personal firewall will protect your computer from unwanted access and attack, as well as letting you know when certain types of software attempt to do suspicious activity.

Yes, provided your Palm or Pocket PC handheld device (that support WIFI 802.11b and/or 802.11g wireless technology) utilizes a standard Internet-ready browser. View WIFI Service Plans

We do offer this service to home users that work for any of our corporate clients. Unfortunately we do not offer a "Home User" support or installation service to any non corporate clients.

Probably. Any wireless receiver supporting the industry standard 802.11b or 802.11g protocols should work. However, in rare cases, we have found wireless receivers which had compatibility issues with the computer upon which it was installed.

Yes! Business customers will enjoy the ability to connect to the network at their office, while in the comfort of their guest room or even at the pool.

Nothing! They go hand in hand! Thanks to iRemotePC PC remote access service you can now access your Remote PC Desktop anytime from anywhere in the World! Whether you are sitting in front of a PC/Laptop in Miami, Geneva or Hong Kong you are still using your own computer back at home. It's as if you are using your own PC, it's as simple as that! You see the same files as they are on your own PC. Back to FAQs

For VPN software for Windows, click on the Download button from our VPN instructions page. This will get you a special version of the Cisco VPN client for Windows software, customized for use with Library resources. Download Cisco VPN software for Macintosh from the Workstation Support Services software page.

After installing the BlackBerry Connect client BlackBerry does not show up in the Messaging as a type of message or message account.

Home networks can be setup in a number of different ways and usually use NAT to share a single IP address with the rest of the network. Since there are so many different ways to run a home network we can't provide support to users on this issue. There are a few ways you can connect to the VPN but they may not all be possible depending on your ISP and the type of NAT router you use. These same options also work with wireless networks.

There is more than one answer to this question. If you are connecting via the Internet, for example, RoadRunner, then all packets to and from your work computer will be billed as outlined for WAN use. If you access the machine from within the Cornell network, including using EZ-Remote, then there would be no WAN fee.

If you use a commmercial ISP such as RoadRunner, IBM's ICE, or another service, you may have trouble connecting to some of the libraries' databases. To remedy this, an authentication service is available by connecting through our proxy server. NOTE: This only provides access for members of the OSU community. Those who are not affiliated do not have access to some of our services.

This is usually possible (even if the VPN is protected by a firewall at the router level) but we cannot guarantee it.

For each session you will be allocated a University of Leeds registered (IP) address. Onward connection to certain Internet services only accept calls from bona fide academic clients, BIDS for example. Equally, the VPN connection provides you with an encrypted, secure connection that you may otherwise not benefit from, for example, your University file space can be reached via ftp://ftp.home.leeds.ac.uk from any browser, but the connection is only encrypted when you use the VPN.

ASU has a firewall that helps to protect the internal campus network. In some cases, remote persons need access to internal resources (such as the ASU mainframe) without using ASUNet Dialup. VPN provides a way for persons to connect security to the internal network and get to resources that are usually only available from on campus.

Yes, although Air-Band uses the 2.4 GHZ frequency band. Our equipment uses a frequency hopping system which means that data is sent by a different frequency every 50th of a second. If the signal finds a frequency that is being used by another device (e.g. your wireless network) it will simply 'hop' to another unused frequency. The equipments 'intelligence' means it will soon 'learn' which frequencies are occupied by your own network devices and will know not to try to use them.

A.09 This question gets asked periodically and is not simple to answer correctly, because the question itself is often mis-stated by most users who ask it. Database applications (like the Simple Start Software) don't provide a magical solution that could figure out what work you did on one computer and then somehow figure its way back to the other computer.

Yes. Modest amount of remote dial-in access is available free of charge to members of the Whitman community through Whitman's pool of thirty-two 33.6kbps modems. To connect to modem, you must first request a remote access account via a web-based request form at https://secureserver.whitman.edu/dialin/. To ensure fair access to this limited resource, remote connections are limited to 4 hours per session and a maximum of 8 hours per day.