Setting up your PPTP VPN under Mac OS X

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1 Setting up your PPTP VPN under Mac OS X Contents Setting up your PPTP VPN under Mac OS X PPTP setup for Mac OS X System Requirements Open Internet Connect Create a New VPN Connection Set the Connection Information When you want to connect OS X Version 10.3.x: Proxy Server Setup Configuring System Preferences Network Pane Proxy setting in Internet Explorer Firefox proxy setup For any help on installing or configuring this software please contact the CNS Help Desk :- Telephone number (011) ithelp@wits.ac.za or visit the CNS Help Desk at SH1064, 1 st floor Senate House East Campus University of the Witwatersrand

2 1. PPTP setup for Mac OS X 1.1. System Requirements Before setting up the VPN, be sure your installation is up to date by running Software Update Open Internet Connect First, open the Applications folder by going to the Finder and choosing New Finder Window from the File menu. Click on the Applications icon, then scroll down until you see the Internet Connect icon. Double click on the Internet Connect icon. You should see a window like the one below. Your Network and Base Station ID will probably be different

3 1.3. Create a New VPN Connection Next, go to the File menu and select New VPN Connection Window. You should see the following screen. Click PPTP then click Continue.

4 1.4. Set the Connection Information The next screen will look like this. Click the Other popup menu, then select Edit Configurations Fill in the fields as follows, so the VPN Configuration screen looks like this:

5 For the Description field, type Wits VPN Under Server Address:, enter contivity.wits.ac.za as the Server Address. This is the DNS name of the VPN server. If you are using this over the Wits Wireless network then use for the Server Address. In the Account Name, enter your userid. The Username would be: For staff: ds\your staff number here For Students: students\your student number here. The password should be your password you use to access your . If you are not sure on what your password is or would like to reset/change it, go to the Password Self Service page: Password Self Service Or you could contact the CNS Help Desk telephonically: (011) Or visit the CNS Help Desk at SH1064, 1 st floor Senate House, East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand. After you re done, click the OK button. The Internet Connect window should look something like this, except with your PublicVPN.com username:

6 That s it! You re done! 1.5. When you want to connect When you want to connect to the Wits VPN, double click on Internet Connect, click on Wits VPN, and then click the Connect button.

7 2. OS X Version 10.3.x: Proxy Server Setup 2.1. Configuring System Preferences Network Pane To set up your System Preferences for proxy access, click on the System Preferences icon on your Dock or go to your APPLE menu and select System Preferences. In the System Preferences window click once on the Network icon. In your Network pane, double click on the network device you used to connect to Wits (The device will be active, shown by a green light.) or select the network device from the Show drop-down menu. Click once on the Proxies tab. Click once on the Web Proxy (HTTP) check box, and then enter the following information into the appropriate edit boxes: For Staff members: Set address to proxyad.wits.ac.za and the Port: to 80. And for Students: Set address to proxyss.wits.ac.za and the Port to 80.

8 When you have finished entering the information, click on the Apply Now button in the lower right portion of the dialog. Go to the System Preferences menu and select QUIT. Launch Internet Explorer or Firefox.

9 2.2. Proxy setting in Internet Explorer Click on the Explorer button and select Preferences. In the Internet Explorer Preferences window, in the left pane select Proxies. Under the Use Proxy Servers tick the Web Proxy: box. Also tick the Use Web Proxy for all box. Click on the Settings tab next to the Web Proxy: box.

10 In the Address: field add the following: For Staff members: proxyad.wits.ac.za and the Port: to 80. And for Students: proxyss.wits.ac.za and the Port to 80. Under Method select Normal. The Username would be: For staff: ds\your staff number here For Students: students\your student number here. The password should be your password you use to access your . If you are not sure on what your password is or would like to reset/change it, go to the Password Self Service page: Password Self Service Or you could contact the CNS HelpDesk telephonically: (011) Or visit the CNS HelpDesk at SH1064, 1 st floor Senate House, East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand. Click on Ok, Ok, and Ok.

11 2.3. Firefox proxy setup Open Firefox. Click on Firefox and select Preferences. In the Preferences window click on Advanced and then click on the Network tab. Click on Settings. Under the Advanced window select the Manual proxy configuration: button. In the Address: field add the following:

12 For Staff members: proxyad.wits.ac.za and the Port: to 80. And for Students: proxyss.wits.ac.za and the Port to 80. Click on Use this proxy server for all protocols. Under the No Proxy for: enter.wits.ac.za. Once this is set click on the Ok button. Then Ok and Ok again. When you start browsing a popup box will appear asking for your username and password. The Username would be: For staff: ds\your staff number here For Students: students\your student number here. The password should be your password you use to access your . If you are not sure on what your password is or would like to reset/change it, go to the Password Self Service page: Password Self Service Or you could contact the CNS HelpDesk telephonically: (011) Or visit the CNS HelpDesk at SH1064, 1 st floor Senate House, East Campus, University of the Witwatersrand.