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UCCS Resources VPN for Windows Vista

Last Update: 9/13/07

Note: This VPN does NOT allow the user to access the periodical and journal databases on the UCCS Library website. You must use the Library VPN for that purpose.

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1. Click on the Start button and select Connect To.
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2. Click on "Set up a connection or network."
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3. Double-click on "Connect to a workplace."
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4. If you see this screen, just make sure "No, create a new connection" is selected, and click Next.
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5. Double-click on "Use my Internet connection (VPN)."
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6. Type "voyager.uccs.edu" where it asks for the Internet address and "UCCS Resources VPN" where it asks for the Destination name. Check the box that says "Don't connect now; just set it up so I can connect later." Then, click Next.
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7. You don't need to enter your credentials nows, so just click the Create button.
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8. After a few seconds, you should see this window. Click Close.
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9. Go back to Start and Connect to, and right click on the VPN you just connected to. Then click on Properties.
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10. Go to the Networking tab and click on "Internet Protocol Version 4" to highlight it. Then click the Properties button.
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11. Click on the Advanced button.
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12. Click to remove the checkmark in the box titled "Use default gateway on remote network."
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13. Click on the DNS tab. Type uccs.edu in the DNS suffix box, and click to add checkmarks to both boxes below. Click the OK button on the 3 different boxes until you're back at the Connect To screen.
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14. With the Resources VPN highlighted, click the Connect button.
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15. After a few moments, you should see a screen that asks for your credentials. Type your IT username and password and UFP as the domain as shown above, and click the Connect button.
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16. To access the IT accounts, click on the Start button. In the search bar, type in \\excelsior.uccs.edu for student accounts or \\enterprise.uccs.edu for staff/faculty accounts, and press Enter.
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17. When you're finished, click on the Start button, go to Connect To, and click the Disconnect button.