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If you are an Orchard Mac user that requires access to a CONNECT home drive or departmental share remotely, this can be accomplished when connected to the Oxford network. There are a couple elements involved. If you require access to a CONNECT home drive or to a departmental share remotely, this can be accomplished by using via a VPN connection to the Oxford Network.
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 * Ensuring that the device is connected to the Oxford network securely via the VPN
 * Manually mounting the departmental share remotely
There are two elements involved;

 
* Ensuring that your device can successfully connect to the Oxford VPN
  * Manually mounting the home folder / departmental share whilst remotely connected to the Oxford VPN
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==== Connecting to the Oxford VPN ====
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If you have an Oxford VPN connection setup, please login and connect with your remote access password. If not please consult the '''Network''' settings within '''System Preferences''' and check to see if this has been setup, it should look like the picture below with a change in username credentials. == Connecting to the Oxford VPN ==

If you already have the Oxford VPN connection setup, please login and connect with your Oxford Remote Access credentials. If not please navigate to the '''Network''' settings within '''System Preferences''' and check to see if you have an entry that has been already setup. It should look like the picture below.
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If you do not have the VPN setup and require assistance please email the Service Desk help@it.ox.ac.uk or call EXT 12345 To install the Oxford VPN configuration on your Orchard Managed Mac cut and paste the link below into Safari, ''this will then launch Self Service, click to install the config'';
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If you have administrative privileges and would like to setup the VPN, please follow these instructions {{{jamfselfservice://content?entity=configprofile&id=322&action=view}}}

If you have administrative privileges and would like to configure the Oxford VPN, please follow these instructions;
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If you are unable to configure the Oxford VPN and require assistance please email the Service Desk help@it.ox.ac.uk or call EXT 12345
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==== Mounting Departmental Shares such as Connect / Connect Home Drive ====
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Once you have a stable connection via the VPN == Mounting Departmental Shares / Connect Home Drive ==
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Select Go > Connect to Server  0. Once you have a stable connection via the VPN
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In the server address type in the full path of the server for example  0. Select Go > Connect to Server
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smb://connect.ox.ac.uk/OUDO  0. In the server address type in the full path of the known server share - '''for example''' {{{smb://connect.ox.ac.uk/OUDO}}}.
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Ensure you select the + symbol so to save the path to the server so this can be selected in the future.  0. Ensure you select the + symbol so to save the path to the server in the Favourite Servers list so this can be selected in the future.

 0. Select Connect
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You will then need to enter credentials for that particular server, this should be different to the laptop username and password. You will then need to enter credentials for that particular server, this is or should be different to the laptop username and password.
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   You may wish to save or remember these credentials, this will save it to the keychain.
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==== Essential Remote Access Guidelines ==== You can select '''''remember this password''''' which will save it to keychain.

== Essential Remote Access Guidelines ==

Mounting departmental shares & CONNECT home folder

If you require access to a CONNECT home drive or to a departmental share remotely, this can be accomplished by using via a VPN connection to the Oxford Network.

There are two elements involved;

  • Ensuring that your device can successfully connect to the Oxford VPN
  • Manually mounting the home folder / departmental share whilst remotely connected to the Oxford VPN

Connecting to the Oxford VPN

If you already have the Oxford VPN connection setup, please login and connect with your Oxford Remote Access credentials. If not please navigate to the Network settings within System Preferences and check to see if you have an entry that has been already setup. It should look like the picture below.

[ATTACH]

To install the Oxford VPN configuration on your Orchard Managed Mac cut and paste the link below into Safari, this will then launch Self Service, click to install the config;

jamfselfservice://content?entity=configprofile&id=322&action=view

If you have administrative privileges and would like to configure the Oxford VPN, please follow these instructions;

http://help.it.ox.ac.uk/network/vpn/macosx-native/index

If you are unable to configure the Oxford VPN and require assistance please email the Service Desk help@it.ox.ac.uk or call EXT 12345

Mounting Departmental Shares / Connect Home Drive

  1. Once you have a stable connection via the VPN
  2. Select Go > Connect to Server

  3. In the server address type in the full path of the known server share - for example smb://connect.ox.ac.uk/OUDO.

  4. Ensure you select the + symbol so to save the path to the server in the Favourite Servers list so this can be selected in the future.
  5. Select Connect

Connect to Server

You will then need to enter credentials for that particular server, this is or should be different to the laptop username and password.

Enter your Creds

You can select remember this password which will save it to keychain.

Essential Remote Access Guidelines

Users connected to the IT Services VPN Service must treat their connection as though they were in their office. Users must never leave their device unattended whilst connected to the Remote Access Service. Users must be particularly aware when using a personal device (e.g. home PC) and consider particular applications running whilst connected to the Remote Access Service, e.g. Peer to Peer (P2P) software. Any P2P applications left running will therefore be running over the University network and subject to University IT regulations [2]. Further information is available on the VPN help pages.

http://help.it.ox.ac.uk/network/vpn/index

Users must consider the risk in accessing documents from home or when away from the office. Further guidance can be found on the Information Security website.

https://www.infosec.ox.ac.uk/


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