VPN
VPN means virtual private network. It is a software which will make the computer think you’re inside of a different network. This will describe how to setup the VPN connection for the HU-network with an HU-account (required).
Here is the official manual from the HU-website.
macOS
This is the official manual from the HU for macOS
Or you can follow these steps:
Go to the Tunnelblick-website download the .dmg, double click it to mount and drag the .app into your applications directory.
Download the HU-VPN configuration file and double click it.
Follow the Tunnelblick instructions and enter your account details. A small symbol will show up in the status bar.
Linux
This is the official manual from the HU for Linux
Or you can follow these steps:
Install open VPN on your system with:
sudo aptitude install openvpn(actual command depends on Linux distribution).Download the HU-VPN configuration file.
Run
sudo openvpn --config hu-berlin.ovpn
Windows
This is the official manual from the HU for Windows
Or you can follow these steps:
[Download openVPN] (preconfigured version from the HU) and install it.
Open the installed openVPN with right click and choose “with administrator privileges”.
Type in the credentials for your HU-account.
[Download openVPN]: https://www.cms.hu-berlin.de/de/dl/netze/vpn/openvpn/openvpn-install-x86_64-cms.exe
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