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	Overview
	Installing
	Configuring
	Connecting
	Disconnecting
	Receiving Additional Help

Overview

The Cisco VPN Client provides direct access to the CMU network while connected to the Internet via a non-CMU Internet Service Provider. This can provide you with access to the Microsoft Exchange server, secure servers/subnets, and other network resources.

Installing

1. Close any open applications that are currently running on your computer.
2. Insert the "Cisco Systems VPN Client 4.0.2(A)" CD into your CD-ROM drive.
3. Click the "Start" button, and then click "Run."
4. From the Run dialog that appears, click the "Browse" button.
5. Select your CD-ROM drive from the drop-down menu located near the top of the window that appears, single-left click the "vpnclient_en" file, and then click the "Open" button.
6. Click the "Ok" button from the "Run" dialog to begin the installation process.
7. From the "Welcome to the Cisco Systems VPN Client 4.0.2 (A) Installation Wizard", click the "Next" button.
8. Next, carefully and completely read the "Client Software License Agreement of Cisco Systems." If you agree to the license agreement, click the "I accept the license agreement" radio button and then click the "Next" button. If you do not agree to the license agreement, you will not be permitted to install the VPN client and will need to click the "Cancel" button.
9. The next screen prompts for a destination folder to which the VPN Client files will be installed. As the default destination folder is suitable, click the "Next" button.
10. Click the "Next" button to being the copying and installation of files.
11. After the installation is complete, click the "Finish" button on the "Cisco Systems VPN Client 4.0.2 (A) has been successfully installed" window. Click the "Yes" button if you are prompted to restart the computer.

Configuring

1. Open the VPN Client by clicking the "Start" button, select "Programs" ("All Programs" for Windows XP users), select "Cisco Systems VPN Client", and then click "VPN Client."
2. Once the VPN Client is open, click the "New" Button.
   
   
    
3. On the "Create New VPN Connection Entry" window,
   fill in the fields according to the table below, making sure
   the "Group Authentication" option is selected.
    

   Field Name	Entry
   Connection Entry	CMU
   Description	CMU VPN
   Host	for host, telephone the Help Desk: (989) 774-3662
   Name	contact the Help Desk
   Password	contact the Help Desk
   Confirm Password	contact the Help Desk

   
   
   
   
4. Click the "Save" button.

Connecting

1. Open the Cisco VPN Client, if it is not presently open, by clicking the "Start" button, select "Programs" ("All Programs" for Windows XP users), select "Cisco Systems VPN Client", and then click "VPN Client."
2. Select the CMU VPN connection by single left-clicking the connection.
3. Click the "Connect" button to connect to the VPN.
4. When the "User Authentication for CMU" window appears, enter your CMU global id and password into the appropriate fields, then click the "Ok" button (See image at right). If you do not know your global id or password, please contact the Help Desk at (989) 774-3662.
   
   
    
5. Once authenticated, a message stating, "Welcome to the Central Michigan University Virtual Private Network" will appear. Click the "Continue" button.
6. While connected to the VPN, a locked yellow padlock icon will appear in your system tray (Indicated in image at right).
   
   
    

Disconnecting

1. Double-click the yellow padlock icon in the system tray.
   
   
    
2. From the VPN Client window that opens, click the "Disconnect" button to terminate the connection to
   the VPN.
   
   
    
3. After the VPN connection has terminated, you can close the VPN Client.