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- | ======= Eduroam, GoeMobile and VPN with Mac computers (Snow Leopard and older) ======= | ||
- | ====== 1. eduroam ====== | ||
- | ====1.1 General information==== | ||
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- | Eduroam is a worldwide service for Internet access for institutes of education and science and their employees and students. On the one hand, at many universities worldwide it is possible to establish an internet connection using the university/ student account of Göttingen University. On the other hand, it is possible for other members to log into the universitarian network of Göttingen via eduroam. | ||
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- | It is also a good alternative inside Göttingen: Because it implements an [[en: | ||
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- | You can install eduroam under two circumstances: | ||
- | 1. You are in the range of the network eduroam. | ||
- | 2. You are not in the range of the network eduroam. | ||
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- | In both cases it is useful to install the root CA 2 certificate of the " | ||
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- | ====1.2 Set-up of eduroam in the range of the network==== | ||
- | If you can find the network " | ||
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- | === Trust server certificate === | ||
- | In the appearing window, on the left hand side check at " | ||
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- | The certificate window should look as the following: | ||
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- | ====1.3 Set-up of eduroam outside the network==== | ||
- | For setting-up eduroam outside the network, you first need to run the network dialogue to deactivate AirPort: | ||
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- | \\ System Preferences → open Network | ||
- | \\ choose „AirPort“ on the left hand side | ||
- | \\ click on „deactivate AirPort“ | ||
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- | Now you need to add a new network: | ||
- | \\ click on „Advanced...“ | ||
- | \\ at the top on the right hand side click on „AirPort“ | ||
- | \\ add a new network by clicking on plus (+) | ||
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- | The appearing dialogue window needs to be filled with the following information: | ||
- | \\ Network name: eduroam | ||
- | \\ Security: WPA2 Enterprise | ||
- | \\ User Name: firstname.lastname@stud.uni-goettingen.de | ||
- | \\ Password: your password of your university/ student accout | ||
- | \\ 802.1X: Automatic | ||
- | \\ Confirm with " | ||
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- | If you later connect to eduroam you have to enter your password again. Additionally, | ||
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- | ====== 2. GoeMobile====== | ||
- | If you have an Apple notebook, you can establish a connection to the Wi-Fi network GoeMobile as well. Here we also recommend an [[en: | ||
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- | The following instruction differentiates between SnowLeopard (Mac OS X 10.6) and older Mac OS X versions. | ||
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- | ====== 2.1 Connect to the network " | ||
- | First choose the network " | ||
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- | \\ | ||
- | Now you can directly go to " | ||
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- | If you cannot see the AirPort symbol in the menu bar, choose the network in your System Preferences. | ||
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- | ==== Choose a network in your System Preferences ==== | ||
- | Go to your System Preferences (you can normally find them in your dock, in your programs folder or in the upper corner of your apple menu). There choose " | ||
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- | ====== 3. VPN under different OS X versions ====== | ||
- | You can check your Mac OS X version by clicking on the apple symbol in your menu bar and choose "About this Mac". \\ | ||
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- | ===== 3.1 VPN under SnowLeopard (Mac OS X 10.6) ====== | ||
- | This installation version is a bit more time-consuming, | ||
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- | After that add a new network connection: system preferences-> | ||
- | {{: | ||
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- | {{ : | ||
- | Interface: VPN\\ | ||
- | VPN Type: Cisco IPSec\\ | ||
- | Service Name: GoeMobile VPN\\ | ||
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- | You just added the VPN connection which needs to be configured now: the server address is vpn.gwdg.de, | ||
- | {{: | ||
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- | **Important: | ||
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- | After that click on " | ||
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- | Here insert " | ||
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- | ===== 3.2 VPN Wi-Fi network under Mac OS X 10.5 and older versions===== | ||
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- | Please open a browser (Safari, Firefox etc.) and enter into the address bar **vpn.gwdg.de**. After that, authorise with your student e-mail address and you password. | ||
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- | After that the Cisco VPN client will be installed on your computer. Please confirm the warning messages concerning the certificates of the GWDG. If necessary, enter your computer password again.\\ | ||
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- | **A problem that may arise: If you have disconnected once, the VPN client does not connect again. One possible solution is to switch off and on the AirPort.** | ||
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- | ===== 3.3 For users of Mac OS X 10.4 and older ===== | ||
- | [[http:// | ||
- | {{ : | ||
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- | " | ||
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- | Now click on " | ||
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- | firstname.lastname@gwdg-stud | ||
- | Password (the same for your account) | ||
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- | **Please note: Do not use domains like " | ||
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- | After authenticating successfully you should be able to read " | ||
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