Computer Science and Engineering MacOS Cisco VPN Client Installation and Setup Guide Contents Installation: For users who have no prior Cisco VPN Client Installed... 2 Profile Import:... 4 Usage:... 4 Example: Access to Home Directory... 5 Example: Setting up an office Printer... 5
Installation: For users who have no prior Cisco VPN Client Installed Acquire the Mac OS X VPN client by 1 of 2 ways: o Two clients are available for Mac OS X https://www.cse.psu.edu/downloads/cisco_vpn/vpnclient-darwin- 4.9.01.0100-universal-k9.dmg (OS 10.4 and higher) https://www.cse.psu.edu/downloads/cisco_vpn/vpnclient-darwin- 4.0.3.w.dmg (OS 10.3 and lower) (Site requires CSE username and password for authentication) o The ITS downloads page at https://downloads.its.psu.edu Please note that the first download location requires authentication with a valid CSE username and password. There is no difference between the files at the download sites. They are the same version and have the same pre-configured profiles installed. Choose the suitable download location and save the client to a known location on your machine, like the desktop, documents, or some other known location. When the file has finished downloading navigate to the location of the saved file. Click the vpnclient-darwin-4.9.01.0100-universal-k9.dmg file name to unpack and mount the installation application. Once this is done you will see CiscoVPNClient mounted on your desktop. Double-click the icon to open the package. Next double-click the icon titled Cisco VPN Client.mpkg to begin the client installation process. Next you may encounter a popup message that says This package contains a program that determines if the software can be installed. Are you sure you want to continue? If this occurs just click continue
In the next window click continue. Now the installation application will ask if you have MAC OS 10.4 or higher. If you do click continue. If not, you will need a VPN client that is compatible with your OS 10.x version. Next read the license agreement, click continue, and then agree to the license agreement. Choose installation location, Macintosh HD or some other partition of choice if available and click continue. If nothing appears in the Destination Select step of the install process. The VPN Client will be installed on the main MacOS partition of the hard drive by default. Next choose install and the application will perform the VPN Client installation. OS X will likely prompt for authentication in order to install the client application. If there are no errors during installation the installation succeeded window will be displayed. Click close to finish the installation process.
Profile Import: In order to use the CSE VPN service specific the VPN Client needs to be configured with the proper settings. To import the CSE profile, do the following: Download the profile from https://www.cse.psu.edu/downloads/cisco_vpn/isptocse.pcf and save it to a known location on your computer. Next start the Cisco VPN client by navigating to the applications folder and clicking on the VPN Client application. When the client application opens choose Connection Entries from the menu at the top left of the window and select import from the submenu. Next browse to the location where the ISPtoCSE.pcf profile was saved, highlight it, then choose open. A pop-up window will be displayed notifying that the profile was successfully imported. Usage: Start the Cisco VPN client by navigating to the applications folder and clicking on the VPN Client application. When the application loads you will see a list of connection entries. HIghlight ISPtoCSE and then click connect.(or simply double-click the ISPtoCSE entry) Next a popup window will prompt for authentication. Enter your CSE username and password, then click
ok. If authentication was successful a banner will popup displaying a usage statement. Success! The Cisco VPN Client for Windows has been successfully installed and configured. If there are any questions regarding the installation or configuration of the VPN client please email helpdesk@cse.psu.edu. Example: Access to Home Directory To access a home directory from the CSE VPN execute the following on your OS X machine: Using the GUI Interface o Select go from the OSX menu bar, then from the dropdown menu choose connect to server Or you may simply press (command k) o In the next window in the field labeled server address type the following: smb://casa.cse.psu.edu/<your CSE userid here> o Next an authentication prompt will be presented. Be sure the option to connect as a registered user is selected Enter your CSE userid and password (I would advise against adding the password to your keychain) Finally a window will be presented with the contents of your home directory Example: Setting up an office Printer To install a networked printer from the CSE VPN execute the following on your OS X machine: First it is important that you gather the following information for the office printer before you execute this procedure: o The office printer hostname or IP Address o The make and model of the printer
Click the apple icon at the top-left portion of the menu bar. From the dropdown menu choose system preferences In the system preferences menu choose print and fax In the left portion of the next window, choose + to add a printer o In the new window titled printer browser click on IP Printer in the top menu. (For OSX Leopard, choose IP o In the address field type the hostname or IP Address of your office printer. (Please note, Printing is only permitted by faculty to their office printer.) If you are unsure of your printer name or IP Address please contact helpdesk@cse.psu.edu. This information may also be gathered from your office machine. o Leave the queue name blank to use the default queue name o Once the hostname or IP Address is entered the printer utility should populate the name, location, and driver fields appropriately. o Click add to add the printer The next window will ask about installable printer options. Click continue to accept the defaults. The office printer should now appear in the list of available printers.