VPN The University of Windsor uses a firewall. Many protocols or ports are blocked by the firewall, so you may need to establish a connection through the campus Virtual Private Network (VPN) to access resources and data on the campus private network.  What does the VPN connection do? The VPN connection tunnels network traffic over a securely encrypted connection. Once connected to the VPN portal, your device will receive a new IP address and IP route provided by the university and recognized internally by the campus firewall.  Why do I need to use the Campus VPN? ITS Documents related to the Campus VPN Installing GlobalProtect VPN client on a Windows computer Installing GlobalProtect VPN client on macOS Installing GlobalProtect VPN client on mobile devices (Apple, Android) Installing GlobalProtect VPN client on Linux Devices Download Windows and macOS Authenticate with your UWinID and password on the university's GlobalProtect Portal to get to the GlobalProtect Client download links. Download for Windows and macOS GlobalProtect may seem to install properly in macOS, but sometimes will not work if it failed to allow access to the installed system extension. See Installing GlobalProtect VPN client on macOS . Checking the Windows version If you are running Windows, please check the version to determine if you should install the 32-bit or 64-bit version.  Press the Windows + Pause keys Android, iOS, Chromebook and Windows UMP Download the GlobalProtect Client from the respective device's app store. Android and Chrome OS devices Download the GlobalProtect App for Android Check which Chrome OS Systems support Android Apps iOS devices Download the GlobalProtect App for iOS Linux Install openconnect using the package manager for your Linux distribution. Connecting to the campus VPN Using GlobalProtect Clients Windows and macOS devices use the networklogin.uwindsor.ca portal. Mobile devices, including Android, iOS, Chromebook, and ARM-based Surface tablets, use the mobilevpn.uwindsor.ca portal. Refer to VPN#ITS_Document_related_to_the_Campus_VPN for detailed instructions for setting up a connection on your device. Using Openconnect with Linux The Openconnect integration with NetworkManager does not properly open the connection to the portal. You must use the command-line for your VPN connection to work correctly. Reserve a terminal window for the VPN connection, and run the command below, replacing userid with your UWinID , in the reserved terminal: sudo openconnect --protocol=gp mobilevpn.uwindsor.ca -u userid Linux, like mobile devices, uses the mobilevpn.uwindsor.ca portal. PAN GlobalProtect HIP with open-connect And because you are in Computer Science ... You may notice a message like POST https://mobilevpn.uwindsor.ca/ssl-vpn/hipreportcheck.esp WARNING: Server asked us to submit HIP report with md5sum 923700b124549fa2954cc08845be3c60. VPN connectivity may be disabled or limited without HIP report submission. You need to provide a --csd-wrapper argument with the HIP report submission script. this when you run open connect as shown in VPN#Using_Openconnect_with_Linux . Host Integrity Protection provides an explanation. If you want to include the --csd-wrapper option, you will need to specify the location of the script required. For Debian-based distributions, for example, you can find the location of the scripts like this ~$ dpkg -L openconnect|grep hipreport /usr/libexec/openconnect/hipreport-android.sh /usr/libexec/openconnect/hipreport.sh To avoid the above warning on a Linux client you can use Testing the VPN Connection The ping command is the simplest way to test if your active VPN Connection is working.  Windows Launch the hidden menu for power users using one of these methods: Press the Win + X keys on your keyboard Right-click on the Windows logo in the bottom-left corner of your desktop In older versions of Windows 10, this menu will include shortcuts for the Command Prompt instead of Windows Powershell . Either is suitable for this test! ping 10.10.10.10 results Run ping 10.10.10.10 to determine if the campus DNS server is available. New VPN provider IP address Run ipconfig to display the new IP address while actively connected to the campus VPN portal. New VPN provided routes Run route print -4 to display the new IP routes while actively connected to the campus VPN portal. macOS Open or quit Terminal on Mac This link can be found in the Terminal User Guide menu Open a terminal and run ping 10.10.10.10 to determine if the campus DNS server is available. Your output should look similar to the Windows Powershell ping results above. Linux ping -c 5 10.10.10.10 results Run ping -c 5 10.10.10.10 to determine if the campus DNS server is available. New VPN provided IP address Using Debian, run ip addr show tun0 to display the new IP address while actively connected to the campus VPN portal. The network interface name may vary depending on the Linux distribution you use, but the IP will begin with the first two octets 172.18. New VPN provided IP routes Run ip route to display the new IP routes while actively connected to the campus VPN portal.