Self Help - Virtual Private Networking (VPN)

Virtual Private Networking (VPN) is now available to the campus community. After establishing a connection to the internet, a user may set up VPN on their home machine to securely connect to the Geneseo network. Once connected though VPN, the user's machine will act like it is connected to the Geneseo network from campus. This connection allows the user to access files on Geneseo machines (MAIN, Files, etc.) and to browse the network just as if they were using a computer in any office or lab on campus.

While SUNY Geneseo is pleased to be able to provide this service, please realize that it is the policy of the college to notsupport any home computers. CIT will attempt to provide on this web page suggestions and hints which we have experienced that may assist you when configuring your personal computer to use the VPN service. Thank you for your understanding.

More Help: Windows 2000, XP & Vista Setup Instructions

More Help: Macintosh OS X Setup Instructions

VPN Configuration Hints

Is there anything I can do to make my banner connection work better over VPN?
Yes! Make these changes:
Inside the Jinitiator control panel, Click on the 'Basic' tab.
Make sure the following boxes are the only ones checked:

• Enable Jinitiator
• Recycle Classloader

Type in the following in the Java Runtime Parameters box: -Dsun.java2d.noddraw=true