WINDOWS USERS (MANUAL)
Please download the OpenVPN installer by “Clicking Here” and downloading the openvpn-#.#.#-install.exe (Where #.#.# is the latest software version number), as of this writing version openvpn-2.2.1-install.exe.
Security certificates required for Step 2 can be downloaded here: http://historydc01.ad.history.msu.edu/vpn-config.zip
You will use the same username/password that you will use later to ‘Map Network Drive’
- Install the openVPN client, as of this writing version openvpn-2.2.1-install.exe
- After installation copy the following files into the “config” directory of the OpenVPN program folder
(EX: C:Program FilesOpenVPNconfig or C:Program Files (x86)OpenVPN for 64Bit machine)- ca.crt
- client.ovpn
- facultyclient.crt
- facultyclient.csr
- facultyclient.key
- Double-click OpenVPN icon on desktop to start OpenVPN
- Check taskbar for OpenVPN icon and confirm that the computers in the icon are green
- If they are red, RightClick on the icon and select ‘Connect’
- If they are yellow, wait longer and report errors if necessary to system admins