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Window Vista VPN Setup Procdeures
NOTE
  • To access VPN service,
  • Please check the installation of your network card before setting up a connection.
  • Effective from 1 Sept 2008, you can use a single VPN server name, vpn.cuhk.edu.hk, for any ResNet/ClassNet/CUHKNet connection. And previous server names, like ipsec-classnet.cuhk.edu.hk still work.

Please follow the steps below to establish a VPN connection.

  1. Create a VPN Client
  2. Edit a VPN Connection
  3. Connect to CUHK VPN

I. Create a VPN Client

1. Click Start > Network > Network and Sharing Center, click Setup a connection or network on the left.

Step 1

2. Choose Connect to a workplace, and then click Next.

Step 2

3. Choose Use my Internet connection (VPN).

4. Input the following.

Internet address:
vpn.cuhk.edu.hk

Destination name:
CUHK VPN

5. Check the box Don't connect now; just set it up so I can connect later.

Then click Next.

Step 4

6. Enter your Campus-Wide E-Mail (CWEM) Computing ID, and then click Create.

7. Click Close when the window shows "The connection is ready to use".

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II. Edit a VPN Connection

1. Click Start > Network > Network and Sharing Center, then click Manage network connections at the left.

Right-click the connection that we have just created, click Properties.

2. In the General tab, confirm the address is correct:

vpn.cuhk.edu.hk

*** For Netvigator users:
Please select Dial another connection first and select Netvigator from the list box.

3. In the Security tab, choose Advanced (custom settings) and click Settings.

4. For Data encryption, choose Require encryption (disconnect if server declines).

Choose Allow these protocols for Logon security, and check the following boxes:

* Unencrypted password (PAP)
* Microsoft CHAP Version 2
(MS-CHAP v2)

Then click OK.

5. Click Yes to confirm the changes (if necessary).

6. Click Networking tab:

- Under the caption Type of VPN, select L2TP IPSec VPN.

- Uncheck Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)

Then click the IPSec Settings...

7. Choose Use preshared key for authentication and enter ipsec-vpn into the Key field.

Then click OK.

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III. Connect to CUHK VPN

1. Click Start > Connect To,then double-click the connection that we have just created.

2. Input your Campus-wide E-mail System (CWEM) Computing ID and password.

Click Connect.

3. When the window shows the connection has been successfully established, click Close.

*** For the first time the connection is successfully established, the following window will appear.

Click Public location for the sake of online security.

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Please send your problems/requests to
http://helpdesk.itsc.cuhk.edu.hk