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- Open a new terminal window.
- Enter the root shell:
~$ sudo –i
[sudo] password for username: password Use the command below to launch the VPN client, substituting NetID with your UConn NetID in lowercase:
root@:~#/opt/pulsesecure/bin/pulselauncher -U vpn.uconn.edu -u NetID –r UConn -l UConn-UsersNote This command is case sensitive and will only work as entered here. - You will be prompted for a VPN Password. Enter your NetID password. It will not be displayed or saved.
- After the VPN tunnel is created successfully, the terminal window will remain blank and must remain open. If the terminal window is closed, this will close the VPN connection.
- You can check the status of the connection by opening a new terminal window and using the following method:
:~$ ifconfig
tun0 Link encap:UNSPEC HWaddr 00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00-00
inet addr:67.221.68.214 P-t-P:67.221.67.78 Mask:255.255.255.555
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1400 Metric:1
RX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:5 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:500
RX bytes:560 (560.0 B) TX bytes:299 (299.0 B)
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