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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, [[http:// | ||
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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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