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 Post subject: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Tue 09-16-2008 7:54PM 
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Alright, I've found out how to vpn into the new MST VPN server, but not very neatly...

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IPSec gateway vpn.mst.edu
IPSec ID MoS&TIPSec
IPSec secret MoS&TIPSec
Xauth username [your userid]
Xauth password [your password]


is what I found... the directions being to put it into the /etc/vpnc folder and type "sudo vpnc vpn_config_filename.conf" and it successfully connects to the new MST VPN server. But now I can't surf the interwebs and, needless to say, can't access my network drives...

I found a few ways to do it, but to no avail... it seems as though internet just stops working once I VPN. An ideal solution would be to use the network manager in Ubuntu but I haven't been able to get it to import the config file yet nor have I been able to make a usable configuration using network manager to do this...

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated... thanks!


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 Post subject: Re: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Tue 09-16-2008 8:38PM 
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I've had the same problem, and it makes me want to stab someone in IT.

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 Post subject: Re: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Wed 09-17-2008 1:07PM 
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The way that I got it to work.

1. Install vpnc
2. Click on the networking icon on the taskbar. It's the one with two monitors.
3. There should be a new VPN option so you can use a GUI to set up
4. Somewhere in there is a gateway range or something like that. I think that defines what ips are used with VPN and everything else routes through your regular internet. I never got that particular thing to work, so I just VPN in for network drives and disconnect when I need to use internet. I don't VPN too much, so it works for me.

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 Post subject: Re: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Wed 09-17-2008 3:02PM 
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How do you do the mapping to network drives?


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 Post subject: Re: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Wed 09-17-2008 3:19PM 
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I couldn't get //minerfiles.mst.edu to work

There is a list of linux machines here
clicky

I just sftp into one of them. I'm on campus right now but if my memory is correct

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sftp://joeminer@rc01xece106.managed.mst.edu/nethome/users/joeminer

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 Post subject: Re: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Wed 09-17-2008 3:39PM 
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Still doesn't work... keep in mind I'm not using the GUI for Network Manager to VPN into campus... any instructions on setting that up would be handy...

All I'm doing is typing in vpn.mst.edu for the gateway and using PPTP for the protocol, if that helps...


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 Post subject: Re: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Wed 09-17-2008 3:42PM 
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You're on your own there. I didn't mess with the command line for this one. Someone else jump in here, but I don't think it's PPTP since I think that is the microsoft version which I couldn't get to work. I used the cisco vpn (forgot what the protocol is).

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 Post subject: Re: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Wed 09-17-2008 8:49PM 
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Oh, it turns out vpnc is the Cisco VPN client, I just didn't actually install it (I just installed vpnc which didn't include the "network-manager-vpnc" package).

How do you have your VPN set up using VPNC? It's asking for a Group Name... not sure what that is nor what to put there...

Are there any special options I should set?


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 Post subject: Re: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Wed 09-17-2008 10:54PM 
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I didn't put a group name or group password. I just did username and password and it seemed to work.

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 Post subject: Re: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Mon 09-22-2008 10:41AM 
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If internet goes away after vpning to campus from linux, check /etc/resolv.conf , it holds your DNS servers. Sometimes when I have ubuntu's network-manager running, it losses its DNS servers. A simple

sudo su
echo 131.151.1.7 >> /etc/resolve.conf

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 Post subject: Re: Map S Drive Off Campus in Ubuntu
PostPosted: Sun 10-19-2008 9:52PM 
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I figured it out... although I'm not sure why it's working now...

I have installed the following:
vpnc
network-manager-vpnc

Then I clicked on the network manager->VPN Connections->Configure VPN...
Clicked Add
Clicked Forward
Made sure I was using vpnc (Compatible Cisco VPN client) for the connection type
Clicked Forward
Entered the following information:
Connection Name: MST VPN
Gateway: vpn.mst.edu
Group Name: MoS&TIPSec
User Name: pdp7t3
Domain for Authentication: MST-USERS

I left everything else unchecked and clicked Forward
Clicked Apply

And my VPN connection was set up! All that was left to do was connect.

When I connected, it asked for my password and my group password...

Your password is the one that goes with your alias (pdp7t3 in my case) and your group password is "MoS&TIPSec"

It works now! Thanks everyone! :D


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