Virtual Private Network (VPN) provides a secure connection between your computer and the resources available at your home institution. In the case of SLAC, we offer a VPN service that permits authorized users to gain visibility of SLAC network resources in remote locations such as from your home, or from another country.
This page documents the use of the SLAC VPN service.
SLAC utilizes Cisco's Remote Access VPN line of products and specifically requires the use of Cisco's AnyConnect software.
In order to connect to SLAC's VPN, a user must install the AnyConnect client. This allows SLAC to enforce certain access restrictions and checks that the user's computer has all the relevant operating system patch levels, anti-virus software etc. installed.
This guide currently follows the Windows 7 method of install
In order to connect to SLAV's VPN, you must have the AnyConnect software installed. By going to the following webpage, we can check to make sure you have the software installed and configured (and up to date), and provide an automated install if you do not currently have the software installed and configured.
We recommend using Internet Explorer 8 under Windows to ease installation |
Your web browser should come up with the following series of screens
The web page will instantiate a java applet so that it may check your system for the presence of the AnyConnect software.
This may bring up a dialog box which will prompt you to run the application or not.
The following web page will be presented upon the initial system scan:
!fw_login2|border=1!
Upon successful login, a banner will be shown on the webpage.
A webpage that offers various methods to access the SLAC VPN services will be presented.
If necessary (either because it is your first time accessing SLAC's VPN, or there is a new version of the AnyConnect client to be installed), the web page will present that the AnyConnect software needs to be installed.
Upon successful VPN negotiation, you should get the following popup from AnyConnect showing that you have connected to SLAC's VPN service
Under Windows 7, ActiveX controls enable Trusted Sites to assume Administrative access. If you get the following page upon logging into SLAC's VPN, then you need to do the following:
Unfortunately, none of these browsers support ActiveX and therefore a manual install of the AnyConnect client is required.
currently this is not supported