On Tue, 2005-11-29 at 17:50 -0700, Robert LeBlanc wrote: > Best way is to download BYU's VPN client and create a connection that puts > you on BYU's network. It should be at oit.byu.edu
Cisco's VPN client for linux is marginal at best and sucks at worst. You basically have to reinstall it every time you upgrade the kernel. Plus it hooks into the network at a very low level, hiding all the routes from you. But it is probably your best bet, especially because OIT just gives you a cisco profile. I use an open source Cisco client called vpnc [1]. It uses the standard tun/tap interface, so it doesn't require any special kernel support (unless you run gentoo :) and lets you set up the routes normally with the route command. Of course you do have to know all the routes and the gateway address to get this to work. I'll have to try setting it up for BYU and see if I can get it to work. Actually looking at the web page, it appears that vpnc can actually learn the routes from the server and set it all up for you. So who knows. It may just work. Michael [1] http://www.unix-ag.uni-kl.de/~massar/vpnc/ > > Robert LeBlanc > > -----Original Message----- > From: "Chris Wilson"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 29 Nov 05 5:21:28 PM > To: "BYU Unix Users Group"<[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [uug] Getting started with linux > > David Allred wrote: > > I was thinking it is that way... but local (for experience is ok) > > > > Last week I tried to ssh to my on-campus computer from home an > > couldn't, has nay one been able to or has OIT killed it... > > > > thanks > > There are a few computers that you can SSH to from off campus, and you > should be able to use one of those as a gateway. The ones I know of are > schizo.cs.byu.edu (if you have a CS account) and ssh.et.byu.edu (if you > have a CAEDM account). You might not be able to get X working through > either, but who needs it anyway? ;) > > Of course, all this assumes that you can successfully login to on-campus > computer from another on-campus computer. If that doesn't even work, no > way can you do it from home. :) > -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -------------------- BYU Unix Users Group http://uug.byu.edu/ The opinions expressed in this message are the responsibility of their author. They are not endorsed by BYU, the BYU CS Department or BYU-UUG. ___________________________________________________________________ List Info: http://uug.byu.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/uug-list
