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Why Can't I See My Network Drives (V:, K:, etc.)?
If you are using a SLAC-issued centrally-managed Windows laptop, and you don't see your network drives after connecting to the VPN, you can connect to all these drives by running this script: \\slac\netlogon\domainlogon.vbs. It should be possible to create a shortcut or bookmark to this script to make it easier to connect to network drives.
What are the timeouts on the VPN connection?
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Yes, please follow these instructions:
Connecting to SLAC's VPN Using Linux
Can I
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connect my Smart Phone to SLAC's VPN?
For the iPhone and iPad running iOS 4.1 or later (multitasking) you need to download the free Cisco AnyConnect client. This is available from the Apple App Store. Enter the server as vpn.slac.stanford.edu. The iPhone/iPad client is not officially supported, but many users have reported success.
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This is a security feature of the new VPN. Once connected to SLAC, your system is isolated from your local network for your protection. In order to do things like access a home network-shared printer, local network file shares etc., you will need to temporarily disconnect from the SLAC VPN.
After Connecting to the VPN, Can I Print Directly to the Printer in my Office?
This is supported for most models of printers. If your particular printer is not accessible, please work with IT Department Support to assess the problem.
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In order to test VPN connectivity, you should ping an internal SLAC only server; an example would be www-lanmon.slac.stanford.edu
Why don't you support Mac OSX 10.5
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on a G5
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Regardless of getting VPN to work, note that Apple is about to release Lion (10.7), and will likely drop support for 10.5 (while they have not stated that officially, that has always been the way Apple does things; two versions are supported, otherwise you need to upgrade). And, as you know, the PPC/G5 is not supported in 10.6/10.7, so you really need to plan to replace that system. When Apple releases security fixes for 10.6/10.7 and not for 10.5 (figure August-ish, but that is a WAG), 10.5 will no longer be in compliance to connect to the internal SLAC network.
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