[Micronet] vpn client configuration?

[tedcrum]

When I install the VPN client on a Windows machine, say a laptop that
a faculty member will be taking home, can't really finish the job correctly.

Either I have to put a Post-it on the screen, reminding the user to
us ucbvpn.berkeley.edu when they first connect (not very professional
or error proof), or I have to connect using my own CalNet credentials
to get that host name cached in the client. This also caches my
Calnet ID, which I don't want and which could lead to user confusion.

I assume this happens because IST has no way to Berkeley-ize the
installer to bake in the VPN server name.

Is there something I can do at my end to clean this up?

Also, for a while I had to use ucbvpn-1-external to get it to work,
but that seems not to be the case. That host still does work. ?????

-Ted Crum
  Psychology


 
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[Isaac Orr-2]

Hi Ted,

I've forwarded this to my folks via [hidden email], since they may not all be paying attention to Micronet.  I don't have the time myself right now to research the answers enough to make sure I'm not giving you inaccurate answers.  You should get a response soon.

iso


On Aug 30, 2012, at 11:50 AM, Ted Crum wrote:

> When I install the VPN client on a Windows machine, say a laptop that
> a faculty member will be taking home, can't really finish the job correctly.
>
> Either I have to put a Post-it on the screen, reminding the user to
> us ucbvpn.berkeley.edu when they first connect (not very professional
> or error proof), or I have to connect using my own CalNet credentials
> to get that host name cached in the client. This also caches my
> Calnet ID, which I don't want and which could lead to user confusion.
>
> I assume this happens because IST has no way to Berkeley-ize the
> installer to bake in the VPN server name.
>
> Is there something I can do at my end to clean this up?
>
> Also, for a while I had to use ucbvpn-1-external to get it to work,
> but that seems not to be the case. That host still does work. ?????
>
> -Ted Crum
>  Psychology
>
>
>
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[Jonathan Felder-2]

A search of the registry for ucbvpn.berkeley.edu would probably reveal
the registry key that is set for this.  You could then export the key to
a .reg file which could be double clicked after future installs are
performed.

--
Jon

On 8/30/12 11:50 AM, Ted Crum wrote:

> When I install the VPN client on a Windows machine, say a laptop that
> a faculty member will be taking home, can't really finish the job correctly.
>
> Either I have to put a Post-it on the screen, reminding the user to
> us ucbvpn.berkeley.edu when they first connect (not very professional
> or error proof), or I have to connect using my own CalNet credentials
> to get that host name cached in the client. This also caches my
> Calnet ID, which I don't want and which could lead to user confusion.
>
> I assume this happens because IST has no way to Berkeley-ize the
> installer to bake in the VPN server name.
>
> Is there something I can do at my end to clean this up?
>
> Also, for a while I had to use ucbvpn-1-external to get it to work,
> but that seems not to be the case. That host still does work. ?????
>
> -Ted Crum
>    Psychology
>
>
>
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[tedcrum]

Thanks.  But, it's not there. Neither is my Calnet name, which I would erase.

-tc


At 10:29 AM 9/4/2012, you wrote:

>A search of the registry for ucbvpn.berkeley.edu would probably reveal
>the registry key that is set for this.  You could then export the key to
>a .reg file which could be double clicked after future installs are
>performed.
>
>--
>Jon
>
>On 8/30/12 11:50 AM, Ted Crum wrote:
> > When I install the VPN client on a Windows machine, say a laptop that
> > a faculty member will be taking home, can't really finish the job
> correctly.
> >
> > Either I have to put a Post-it on the screen, reminding the user to
> > us ucbvpn.berkeley.edu when they first connect (not very professional
> > or error proof), or I have to connect using my own CalNet credentials
> > to get that host name cached in the client. This also caches my
> > Calnet ID, which I don't want and which could lead to user confusion.
> >
> > I assume this happens because IST has no way to Berkeley-ize the
> > installer to bake in the VPN server name.
> >
> > Is there something I can do at my end to clean this up?
> >
> > Also, for a while I had to use ucbvpn-1-external to get it to work,
> > but that seems not to be the case. That host still does work. ?????
> >
> > -Ted Crum
> >    Psychology
> >
> >
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[Keenan Parmelee]

Hi Ted,

I'm still new to campus and haven't seen what VPN client is used, but I
do know that a lot of Cisco and/or Sonicwall VPN clients save profiles
to their Program Files directory.  If you have a saved profile, you can
check there and possibly copy to new machines upon installation of the
client.

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Student Affairs Information Technologies
[phone]
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On 10:46 Tue 04 Sep     , Ted Crum wrote:

> Thanks.  But, it's not there. Neither is my Calnet name, which I would erase.
>
> -tc
>
>
> At 10:29 AM 9/4/2012, you wrote:
> >A search of the registry for ucbvpn.berkeley.edu would probably reveal
> >the registry key that is set for this.  You could then export the key to
> >a .reg file which could be double clicked after future installs are
> >performed.
> >
> >--
> >Jon
> >
> >On 8/30/12 11:50 AM, Ted Crum wrote:
> > > When I install the VPN client on a Windows machine, say a laptop that
> > > a faculty member will be taking home, can't really finish the job
> > correctly.
> > >
> > > Either I have to put a Post-it on the screen, reminding the user to
> > > us ucbvpn.berkeley.edu when they first connect (not very professional
> > > or error proof), or I have to connect using my own CalNet credentials
> > > to get that host name cached in the client. This also caches my
> > > Calnet ID, which I don't want and which could lead to user confusion.
> > >
> > > I assume this happens because IST has no way to Berkeley-ize the
> > > installer to bake in the VPN server name.
> > >
> > > Is there something I can do at my end to clean this up?
> > >
> > > Also, for a while I had to use ucbvpn-1-external to get it to work,
> > > but that seems not to be the case. That host still does work. ?????
> > >
> > > -Ted Crum
> > >    Psychology
> > >
> > >
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[Corino_27]

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