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If, when you are connected to the VPN you discover that you have lost access to local resources on your home network, such as a network printer, this may be an indication of having an overlap with an existing UConn network. Since UConn cannot practically adjust is use of 10 space that overlaps with your home network. You will need to coordinate with your ISP (this may be Comcast, Cox, Spectrum, etc.) to move your home network to something that is more in-line with best practices. (e.g. 192.168.x.x). You can use the following commands on Windows/Mac to determine if you have an IP in the 10.x.x.x space:
Windows Computers
If you are on a Windows computer you can open a command prompt Command Prompt or Windows PowerShell by right clicking on the start button and selecting one of the two previously mentioned options. In the window you can type “ipconfig” and press enter. You will probably see something very similar to:
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Ethernet adapter Ethernet:
Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : hsd1.ct.comcast.net
IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.225
Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.0
Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 10.0.0.1 |
Macintosh Computers
If you're on a Mac computer, open up Terminal by going to Finder > Applications > Utilities > Terminal. In the window that opens, type in 'ifconfig' and press enter. You should see something similar to below:
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en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
options=400<CHANNEL_IO>
ether 3c:22:fb:be:63:00
inet6 fe80::416:a486:685:ed95%en0 prefixlen 64 secured scopeid 0x6
inet 192.168.1.35 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
nd6 options=201<PERFORMNUD,DAD>
media: autoselect
status: active |
What can I do?
This means that your network does in fact overlap with a UConn network. You will have two options.
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