VPN Connection for Mac OS X

You can find all the basic, necessary steps, which must be done before you can connect to UP VPN network, at page with all the basic information regarding UP network. Please, continue only after finishing all the steps, or you will be unable to connect to the VPN properly. So, how to we set up the VPN?

Before you set up a VPN connection, make sure that you have set up a password for VPN. Password to VPN or Eduroam is different one than a password to your Portal account. Follow the password change manual here.

Step 1 - Preferences

Open Preferences in your Dock or Launchpad and click Network.

Step 2 - Networks

Click the Add button + in lower left corner.

Step 3 - VPN

Set up your new connection according to the following image and then click the Create button.

Step 4 - Fill in information

Let's move on to the more difficult part of setting up the VPN network. Fill in the IP address 158.194.254.166 into the Server address box. Now enter your account name, which is your Portal ID. Click the Authentication Settings and enter your password. Then check Show VPN status in menu bar, and click the Advanced... button. (For detailed password setup manual click here.)

Box for entering the passwordː

Step 5 - Advanced settings

Check the option Send all traffic over VPN connection in the advanced options and then go to DNS tab.

Step 6 - DNS

Click the Add button + in the lower left corner and enter the following IP address 158.194.204.20. Then close the window by pressing OK.

Step 7 - Saving settings

Now we've set up everything we need to use the VPN network. Press Apply to save the settings. You can now connect to the VPN network.