What
is a VPN client?
Our
VPN (Virtual Private Network) Client allows you to access
Rowan University Network resources from home as if you were
on campus. A VPN is a secured private network connection
built on top of publicly accessible infrastructure.
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Connect to the Rowan VPN
The Rowan VPN is a web-based client that does not require user configuration. Simply point your browser to:
http://vpn2.rowan.edu
For further instructions please visit http://www.rowan.edu/download/vpn/
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Connect
to your Home Directory
Connect
to your Home Directory (H:\ Drive) on a Windows PC:
- Find
the location of your Home Directory by visiting http://www.rowan.edu/myhome
-
Once you have found your Home Directory Location Click "Start"
from the Windows Start Menu
-
Click "Run"
- Enter
the location of your home directory in the following format:
\\nwuser#.rowan.edu (substituting your home directory server.
For example: \\nwuser2.rowan.edu)
- Click
"OK"
- Login
using your Rowan Network username and password
- You
should now be able to browse to your home directory by selecting
the appropriate "Home#" then the "Students"
or "Employees" folder and then the folder with
your username.
- IF
YOU USE INTERNET EXPLORER you can click on
the appropriate link from the MyHome page and your HomeDirectory
will open automatically. You must be using Microsoft's
Internet Explorer Browser for this feature to work.
- NOTE:
If you have problems logging in - set your "Windows"
username to be the same as your Rowan username. Newer
versions of Windows may require that your Windows username
is the same as your Rowan username to login correctly.
Plus, if your "Windows" username and password
matches your Rowan Network username and password you
will not have to log in at all.
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Connect
to your Home Directory on Mac OSX
- Using
the VPN client you can securely connect to your H Drive
the same way you connect at Rowan.
- Click
"Go" on the Finder menu and then "Connect
to Server"
- Enter
the location of your home directory in the following format:
nwuser#.rowan.edu (substituting your home directory server.
For example, nwuser2.rowan.edu)
- Login
using using your Rowan Network username and password
- You
should now be able to browse to your home directory by selecting
the appropriate "Home#" then the "Students"
or "Employees" folder and then the folder with
your username.
- If
you do not know your home directory location you can always
find it by visiting http://www.rowan.edu/myhome
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Edit
your Personal Website
Once
you have connected to your home directory
you can edit your personal website just as you would on
campus. Open your public.www folder and make the desired
changes to your html page and save it back to the public.www
folder on your home directory.
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Connecting
to the Openarea
Connect
to the Openarea on a Windows PC:
- Click
"Start" from the Windows Start Menu
- Click
"Run"
-
Enter the following: \\150.250.64.231
-
Click "OK" and
login using using your Rowan Network username and password
- Double
Click "Common"
- Double
Click "Openarea"
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Connect
to the Openarea on Mac OSX :
- Click
"Go" on the Finder menu and then "Connect
to Server"
- Enter
the following: 150.250.64.231 and login
using using your Rowan Network username and password.
- Double
Click "Common"
- Double
Click "Openarea"
Using
the Library's Databases
You
can connect to the Library's databases from home using the
VPN client. When you open the client you will see this screen:
You
will need to choose the RowanLibrary connection and login
as you would normally.
This
is the only time you should use this connection. The RowanLibrary
connection sends ALL of your web traffic
through the Rowan connection (and will slow down non-Rowan
traffic) where as the normal RowanVPN connection only sends
Rowan traffic through the VPN connection.
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