Setting up the new CSD VPN client MacOS X

Download the VPN client for MacOS X

Note that due to export restrictions, these files may only be directly downloaded if you are using the department's local network.

If you are running MacOS X you will instead use a graphical installer program that takes care of placing the files into the appropriate directories. The client download is a .dmg file. This is a disk image. If your browser didn't uncompress it automatically, double-click on the vpnclient.dmg file. The result of that will be a disk icon on your desktop which looks like this...



Double click on this icon and a folder will appear revealing the installation package. The window will look very similar to this...



Double click on the Cisco VPN Client.mpkg file. This will install the necessary files for the VPN Client.

Running the Client:

• Go to your Applications folder and start up the VPNClient application.
• Click on the "New" icon to create a new connection set up.
• A dialog box will show up. For Connection Entry, you can type something like CS-VPN.
• For the host, use "vpn.cs.umd.edu".
• You will want to select "Group Authentication".
• For the name use, "csd". If you will be using your Kerberos password to authenticate, use "csd-kerb" as the name.
• For the password and confirm password entries, type "sushisushi". If you're using Kerberos authentication, the password is "fishyfishy".
  
• Click the Transport tab next. The screen will look something like this...
  
• Make sure the "Enable Transparent Tunneling" box is checked.
• Make sure the "IPSec over UDP (NAT/PAT)" button is marked.
• You can also check the box for "Allow Local LAN Access".
• Click Save.
• You are done configuring the client.
• Now you can just double click on the entry in the window for it to connect.
• You will be prompted for a username and password. This is where you type your Windows username and windows password to connect.