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Connecting Securely to austin.utexas.edu (Windows)

Configuring Your Computer for IPSec

NOTE: You MUST have administrative privileges to complete these procedures.

  1. If you are connecting to disk services from an off-campus location, use the university virtual private network (VPN), then skip to the Mapping a Drive procedure below. You will need the Cisco VPN for Windows client software, which you can download for free from BevoWare.
  2. Ask your Technical Support Contact (TSC) if he or she needs to apply the IPSec group policy to your Austin Active Directory organizational unit.
  3. If your computer is on campus but not joined to Austin Active Directory, complete the following steps:
    1. Download the IPSec Configuration Installer from the Utilities section of BevoWare (UT EID required).
    2. Run (or open) the installer file, IPSecCfg.exe.
    3. In the WinZip Self-Extractor dialog box, click the Unzip button.
    4. Follow the instructions in the installation wizard to configure your computer for IPSec.

Mapping a Drive to disk.austin.utexas.edu

  1. Right-click on the Computer (Windows Vista) or My Computer (Windows XP) icon on your desktop and select Map Network Drive. If you don't have these icons on your desktop, select the Start menu, then right-click Computer or My Computer and select Map Network Drive.
  2. From the Drive option, select an unused drive letter.
  3. In the Folder field, enter \\disk.austin.utexas.edu\root\eid or sharename. Replace eid with your UT EID if you are connecting to your personal directory, or sharename with your shared drive if you are connecting to your departmental directory.
  4. To map this drive automatically each time you log in to this computer, select Reconnect at logon.
  5. Click the different user name link. Enter austin\eid in the User name field (replacing eid with your UT EID) and your UT EID password in the Password field.
  6. Select Finish. The share that has just been mapped will appear in the My Computer folder as a local drive with the drive letter that you specified.

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